ELECTRONIC TRADING CARD AND GAME SYSTEM

• US 20090247305A1
• Filed: 03/26/2009
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hemanth Gundurao Kanekal
• Original Assignee: Hemanth Gundurao Kanekal
• Inventors: Kanekal, Hemanth Gundurao
• Granted Patent: US 8,608,573 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/43
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/04 Card games combined with other games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2488 Remotely playable

Abstract

A trading card, a game system and method for interactive game system is disclosed. The trading card includes a substrate and a personality module configured to store one or more attributes of the trading card. The game system includes at least a first trading card and a second trading card. The first trading card and the second trading card include a substrate, a processing engine and a wireless interface configured to detect the presence of the other trading card. The first trading card sends a message to impact the second trading card. A method for interactive game system using first trading card and second trading card is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A trading card, comprising:

a substrate; and

a personality module configured to store one or more attributes of the trading card.

2. The trading card of claim 1, further including a plurality of light emitting devices disposed over the substrate.

3. The trading card of claim 2, wherein a subset of the plurality of light emitting devices is configured to display one or more attributes of the trading card.

4. The trading card of claim 3, wherein a subset of the plurality of light emitting devices are fabricated in-situ over the substrate.

5. The trading card of claim 2, further including an artwork disposed over a surface of the trading card and a subset of the plurality of light emitting devices are configured to provide an outline for portions of the artwork.

6. The trading card of claim 2, further including

a processing engine;

and

a wireless interface configured to communicate with another trading card.

7. The trading card of claim 2, further including a holographic display disposed over the substrate.

8. The trading card of claim 2, further including an energy harvester to harvest energy for use by the trading card.

9. The trading card of claim 2, further including an input system configured to receive external input.

10. The trading card of claim 2, wherein the input system includes a microphone to receive audio input.

11. The trading card of claim 2, wherein the input system includes one or more switches to receive external input.

12. The trading card of claim 2, further including a speaker to reproduce audio signals.

13. The trading card of claim 1, wherein the substrate is configured to couple to a base unit, the base unit including

a processing engine;

and

a wireless interface configured to communicate with another trading card.

14. The trading card of claim 13, wherein the base station further including:

an energy harvester;

an input system configured to receive external input;

a speaker to reproduce audio signals; and

a microphone to receive audio input.

15. The trading card of claim 14, wherein the audio input received by the microphone is transmitted by the wireless interface to another trading card.

16. The trading card of claim 14, wherein the input system includes one or more switches to receive external input.

17. The trading card of claim 13, wherein the wireless interface communicates with another trading card using ad-hoc networking protocol.

18. The trading card of claim 14, wherein the base station further including a plurality of light emitting devices configured to selectively illuminate a portion of the substrate.

19. The trading card of claim 18, wherein a subset of the plurality of light emitting devices selectively illuminate a portion of the substrate based upon one or more attributes stored in the personality module of the substrate.

20. A game system, comprising:

at least a first trading card and a second trading card, with the first trading card and the second trading card including;

a substrate;

a plurality of light emitting devices disposed over the substrate;

a processing engine; and

a wireless interface configured to communicate with the other trading card;

wherein, the first trading card and the second trading card are each configured to detect the presence of the other trading card using the wireless interface;

wherein, the first trading card initiates a game with the second trading card after detecting the presence of the second trading card and sends a message to impact the second trading card.

21. The game system of claim 20, wherein the second trading card receives the message sent from the first trading card and initiates an action to minimize the impact.

22. The game system of claim 21, wherein the subset of the plurality of light emitting devices are modified to display the impact of the message from the first trading card.

23. The game system of claim 22, wherein the first trading card and the second trading card further including:

a speaker to reproduce audio signals; and

a microphone to receive audio input;

wherein, the message sent from the first trading card includes an audio portion received through the microphone of the first trading card and the second trading card reproduces the audio portion of the message using the speaker of the second trading card.

24. The game system of claim 21, wherein the first trading card and the second trading card further including a personality module to store one or more attributes of the first trading card and the second trading card,

wherein one or more attributes of the first trading card are modified based upon the message sent to the second trading card;

and

wherein one or more attributes of the second trading card are modified based upon the impact of the message from the first trading card.

25. A method for interactive game system, comprising:

providing at least a first trading card and a second trading card, each trading card configured to communicate with the other trading card and configured to receive input;

displaying card characteristics of the first trading card and the second trading card;

receiving input in the first trading card to assemble a message;

assembling the message in the first trading card to send to the second trading card; and

sending message to the second trading card to impact the second trading card.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein displaying card characteristics includes

disposing one or more of a plurality of light emitting devices on the first trading card and the second trading card;

and

selectively energizing one or more of the plurality of light emitting devices disposed over the first trading card and the second trading card.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein receiving input to assemble the message includes receiving an audio input.

28. The method of claim 26, further including

adjusting card characteristics of the second trading card to minimize impact due to the message received from the first trading card;

receiving message from the first trading card;

decoding the message for impact to the second trading card; and

updating card characteristics of the second trading card based upon impact from the message received from the first trading card.