Electronic gaming platform having physical gadget

• US 8,480,469 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2012
• Issued: 07/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Quado Media, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Quado Media, Inc.
• Inventors: Haltovsky, Moshe, Haltovsky, Avi, Assa, Shmuel
• Primary Examiner(s): Elisca, Pierre E
• Application Number:
  US13/460,761
• Publication Number:
  US 20120220354A1
• Time in Patent Office: 435 Days
• Field of Search: 463/16, 463/30, 463/31, 463/33
• US Class Current: 463/16
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/2145 the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/235 using a wireless connection, e.g. infrared or piconet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/26 having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/285 Generating tactile feedback signals via the game input device, e.g. force feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/31 Communication aspects specific to video games, e.g. between several handheld game devices at close range
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/335 using Internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/34 using peer-to-peer connections
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/57 Simulating properties, behaviour or motion of objects in the game world, e.g. computing tyre load in a car race game A63F13/56 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/843 involving concurrently two or more players on the same game device, e.g. requiring the use of a plurality of controllers or of a specific view of game data for each player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2433 Voice-actuated
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2489 by radio transmitters, e.g. using RFID
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1031 using a wireless connection, e.g. Bluetooth, infrared connections
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1037 being specially adapted for converting control signals received from the game device into a haptic signal, e.g. using force feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1075 using a touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/209 characterized by low level software layer, relating to hardware management, e.g. Operating System, Application Programming Interface
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/301 using an additional display connected to the game console, e.g. on the controller
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/402 Communication between platforms, i.e. physical link to protocol
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/407 Data transfer via internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/408 : Peer to peer connection
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5533 : using program state or machine event data, e.g. server keeps track of the state of multiple players on in a multiple player game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/64 : for computing dynamical parameters of game objects, e.g. motion determination or computation of frictional forces for a virtual car
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8088 : involving concurrently several players in a non-networked game, e.g. on the same game console
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00643 : Electric board games; Electric features of board games electric word or number games A63F3/0421; computer chess G06F; electric raffle games A63F3/081
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 : with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 : Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 : using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

An electronic gaming system configured for executing an electronic game using physical gadget. The electronic gaming system has a gaming console which runs an electronic game. A physical gadget has a wireless transmitter that transmitting an outcome value. The main console receives the outcome value over wireless communication from the gadget, and advances the flow of the game according to the outcome value. Examples of the physical gadget may be a die, a clock, and a game piece, having a transmitter that transmits to the console an outcome value, e.g., rolling of a die or time from a clock.

Claims

1. An electronic gaming system configured for executing an electronic game using physical gadget, comprising:

a physical gadget comprising a wireless transmitter for transmitting an outcome value;

a main console comprising;

a processor configured for initiating the game, manage flow of the game according to game rules, and update status of the game;

a native operating system (OS) executing on the processor and providing operating system services;

a game application executing on the processor and receiving services from the native OS;

a monitor interface in communication with a main monitor and delivering game graphics to the main monitor;

a user interface receiving input from a user and providing the input to the processor to manage flow of the game using the input; and

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a wireless communication interface receiving the outcome value over wireless communication from the gadget and delivering the outcome value to the processor to advance the flow of the game according to the outcome value.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the physical gadget comprises one of:

a die, a clock, and a game piece.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the gadget comprises a die, and wherein the outcome value comprises value shown by the die once the die lands.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the physical gadget comprises a sand clock.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a terminal comprising;

a terminal monitor interface in communication with a terminal monitor and delivering terminal graphics of the game to be displayed on the terminal monitor;

a terminal user interface;

a terminal processor;

a terminal native operating system (OS) executing on the processor and providing operating system services; and

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a terminal communication interface enabling wireless communication between the terminal and the main console.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the game graphics comprise public portion of the game and terminal graphics comprises private portion of the game.

7. A distributed gaming program comprising system package and terminal package, and having executable instructions that, when executed by an electronic system, causes the system to enable one or more players to play a game interactively by perform the tasks comprising:

cause a main console to initiate a game, manage the game flow according to game rules, and update the game status;

display graphics of the game on a main monitor coupled to the main console;

display terminal graphics of the game on a terminal monitor of a mobile terminal;

receive user input at the mobile terminal;

exchange wireless communication between the main console and the mobile terminal; and

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display a digital gadget on the terminal monitor, receive input from a user at the terminal, modify the display of the digital gadget according to the input, and transmit a signal to the main console to advance the game flow according to the input.

8. The gaming program according to claim 7, wherein the digital gadget comprises a die, and wherein the program further causes the system to perform the tasks comprising:

sensing shaking of the terminal;

displaying on the terminal monitor simulation of shaking of the die according to the shaking of the terminal;

sensing a spilling gesture and displaying on the terminal monitor spilling the die out of the terminal; and

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transmitting data from the terminal and displaying on the main monitor graphics of the die rolling onto the main monitor.

9. The gaming program according to claim 7, wherein the program further causes the system to perform the tasks comprising:

cause the main console to render at least one game widget usable for a particular game;

cause the main console to render at least one game object.

10. The gaming program according to claim 7, wherein the program further causes the system to perform the tasks comprising:

causing the main console to maintain moving rules associated with each game object.

11. The gaming program according to claim 7, wherein the program further causes the system to perform the tasks comprising:

causing the main console to maintain visual rules associated with each game object.

12. The gaming program according to claim 7, wherein the program further causes the system to perform the tasks comprising:

causing the main console to maintain impact rules associated with each game object.

13. An electronic gaming system configured for executing an electronic game using physical gadget, comprising:

a physical gadget having a wireless transmitter for transmitting an outcome value;

a main console, comprising;

a processor configured for initiating the game, manage flow of the game according to game rules, and update status of the game; and

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a wireless communication interface receiving the outcome value from the gadget over wireless communication and delivering the outcome value to the processor to advance the flow of the game according to the outcome value;

a terminal comprising a terminal communication interface enabling wireless communication between the terminal and the main console.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the wireless transmitter comprises a Bluetooth transmitter.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the gadget comprises an avatar.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the physical gadget comprises a physical die configured for wirelessly transmitting its value once it lands.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the physical gadget comprises a timer configured for wirelessly transmitting its time value.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the physical gadget comprises a sand clock configured for wirelessly transmitting its value.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the physical gadget comprises a game piece configured for wirelessly transmitting its value.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein the terminal communication interface is configured for wirelessly transferring digital game objects between the terminal and the main console.