Method and system of managing a game session

• US 8,568,192 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2011
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: In-Dot Limited
• Original Assignee: In-Dot Limited
• Inventors: Raichman, Yossef, Cohen, Moshe, Aronov, Eliran
• Primary Examiner(s): Suhol, Dmitry
• Assistant Examiner(s): DUFFY, DAVID W
• Application Number:
  US13/308,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20130143468A1
• Time in Patent Office: 698 Days
• Field of Search: 463/1, 463/42, 446/175, 446/268, 446/484
• US Class Current: 446/268
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2429 IC card, chip card, smart card
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2486 the computer being an accessory to a board game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/24 Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for video games A63F13/00; computerized gaming systems G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 29/22 Electric drives power supply through track A63H18/12

Abstract

A learning plaything set to communicate with similar learning playthings during a game session. The learning plaything comprises a reader which reads a plurality of data marks indicative of a plurality of playing abilities, a memory for storing the plurality of playing abilities, a communication unit which establishes at least one wireless connection with another communication unit of at least one other learning plaything during a game session, a management module which uses the at least one wireless connection to coordinate an outcome to the game session with the at least one other learning plaything according to the stored plurality of playing abilities, and at least one presentation unit which presents at least one plaything action according to the outcome.

Claims

1. A learning plaything which is configured to communicate with similar learning playthings during a game session, comprising:

a reader which reads a plurality of data marks indicative of a plurality of playing abilities, and including a card slot for hosting at least one of a plurality of cards marked with said plurality of data marks, and an ejection mechanism for ejecting said at least one card of said plurality of cards;

a memory for storing said plurality of playing abilities;

a communication unit which establishes at least one wireless connection with another communication unit of at least one other learning plaything during a game session;

a management module which uses said at least one wireless connection to coordinate an outcome to said game session with said at least one other learning plaything according to said stored plurality of playing abilities; and

at least one presentation unit which presents at least one plaything action according to said outcome, said at least one plaything action comprising instructing said ejection mechanism to eject said at least one card.

2. The learning plaything of claim 1, further comprising a timer which monitors the reading time of said plurality of playing abilities;

wherein said management module adjusts said plurality of playing abilities according to said reading time.

3. The learning plaything of claim 1, wherein said management module updates said plurality of playing abilities according to said at least one action.

4. The learning plaything of claim 1, wherein said communication unit embeds a message to said another communication unit in a theme music played during said game session.

5. The learning plaything of claim 1, wherein said at least one action is indicative of a group of at least one of said plurality of playing abilities to transfer to said at least one other learning plaything, said communication unit sends a message indicative of said group to said at least one other learning plaything.

6. The learning plaything of claim 1, further comprising a movement sensor for detecting a movement of said learning plaything or at least one object in relation thereto;

wherein said management module calculates said at least one action according to said movement.

7. The learning plaything of claim 1, further comprising a proximity sensor for detecting a proximity of said at least one other learning plaything;

wherein said management module calculates said at least one action according to said proximity.

8. The learning plaything of claim 1, further comprising a contact sensor for detecting a contact between said at least one other learning plaything and said learning plaything;

wherein said management module calculates said at least one action according to said contact.

9. The learning plaything of claim 1, wherein said ejection mechanism performs said ejecting with a power defined by said at least one card.

10. The learning plaything of claim 1, wherein said at least one presentation unit comprises a screen for displaying said plurality of stored playing abilities.

11. The learning plaything of claim 1, wherein said management module calculates said at least one plaything action according to a random value generated by a random generator.

12. The learning plaything of claim 1, wherein said management module calculates said at least one plaything action according to a match between said plurality of playing abilities and a plurality of other playing abilities of said at least one other learning plaything.

13. An interactive system for providing entertainment to a plurality of participants, the interactive system comprising:

a plurality of learning playthings which are set to communicate with one another during a game session, each said learning plaything having;

a reader which reads a plurality of data marks indicative of a plurality of playing abilities, and including a card slot for hosting at least one of a plurality of cards, each of said cards marked with said plurality of data marks, and an ejection mechanism for ejecting said at least one card of said plurality of cards;

a memory for storing said plurality of playing abilities;

a communication unit which establishes a wireless connection with another communication unit of at least one other learning plaything during a game session;

a management module which uses said wireless connection to coordinate at least one plaything action with said at least one other learning plaything according to said stored plurality of playing abilities; and

at least one presentation unit which presents said at least one plaything action comprising instructing said ejection mechanism to eject said at least one card.

14. A method of managing an interactive game among a plurality of participants, comprising:

loading a plurality of different playing abilities into a plurality of different learning playthings by allowing a card reader of each said different learning plaything to read at least one data mark from at least one card loaded by a user into said card reader of each said different learning plaything, said at least one data mark indicative of at least one of said plurality of different playing abilities;

establishing at least one wireless connection between said plurality of learning playthings to transfer information about said plurality of loaded different playing abilities from at least one of said plurality of learning playthings to another;

calculating, during a game session between said plurality of learning playthings, an outcome to said game session according to said plurality of different playing abilities; and

instructing at least one of said plurality of different learning playthings to present at least one plaything action according to said outcome, said at least one at least one card.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said at least one wireless connection is a peer to peer connection.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein said at least one wireless connection is established via a proxy.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein said loading is performed in a certain order, said calculating being performed according to said certain order.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein said calculating is based on a random variable.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising detecting a proximity to a reference object;

and said calculating is based on said proximity.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising detecting a movement of at least one of said different learning playthings during said game session;

and said calculating is based on said movement.

21. The method of claim 14, further comprising detecting a presence or absence of a contact to an object;

and said calculating is based on said detecting.