Electronic trading card and game system

• US 8,608,573 B2
• Filed: 03/26/2009
• Issued: 12/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hemanth Gundurao Kanekal
• Original Assignee: Hemanth Gundurao Kanekal
• Inventors: Kanekal, Hemanth Gundurao
• Primary Examiner(s): Such, Matthew W
• Assistant Examiner(s): CARPENTER, ROBERT K
• Application Number:
  US12/412,055
• Publication Number:
  US 20090247305A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,727 Days
• Field of Search: 463/44, 725/140
• US Class Current: 463/44
• 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;

a personality module configured to store one or more attributes of associated with the trading card;

an artwork disposed over a surface of the trading card; and

a plurality of light emitting devices spatially arranged with respect to the artwork to provide an outline for portions of the artwork;

a hologram light emitting device disposed over the substrate; and

a holographic display operatively disposed over the hologram light emitting device, the hologram light emitting device is selectively energized to project a hologram.

2. The trading card of claim 1, wherein at least one of the attribute is indicative of a capability of the trading card and a value associated with the capability stored in the personality module, the value associated with the capability indicative of the strength of the capability.

3. The trading card of claim 2, wherein a subset of the plurality of light emitting devices is configured to display the strength of the capability.

4. The trading card of claim 2, further configured to

receive an external input from an input system to

select the capability;

and

select a portion of the strength of the capability;

assemble a message to transmit to another trading card, based on the selected capability and selected strength of the capability, the message configured to be received by another trading card and impact the another trading card; and

transmit the assembled message to impact the another trading card, based on the selected strength of the selected capability.

5. The trading card of claim 4, further including

a processing engine to process the input received from the input system;

and

a wireless interface configured to communicate the assembled message to the another trading card.

6. The trading card of claim 4, further configured to

receive another message from another trading card, the another message configured to impact the trading card, based on selected another capability of the another trading card and a value associated with the selected another capability;

and

select one of the capabilities of the trading card configured to minimize the impact of the received another message from the another trading card; and

deploy the selected one of the capabilities of the trading card to minimize the impact of the received another message from the another trading card.

7. The trading card of claim 6, wherein the received another message from the another trading card includes an audio component and the trading card includes a speaker to reproduce the audio component of the received another message.

8. The trading card of claim 4, wherein the input system includes a microphone to receive audio input and the trading card configured to add the received audio input to the assembled message.

9. The trading card of claim 4, wherein the input system includes one or more switches to receive external input.

10. The trading card of claim 1, wherein a subset of the plurality of light emitting devices are fabricated in-situ over the substrate.

11. The trading card of claim 1, further including an energy harvester to generate electric charge for use by the trading card.

12. A trading card, comprising:

a substrate;

a personality module configured to store one or more attributes associated with the trading card;

an artwork disposed over a surface of the trading card; and

a plurality of light emitting devices spatially arranged with respect to the artwork to provide an outline for portions of the artwork;

wherein at least one of the attribute is indicative of a capability of the trading card and a value associated with the capability stored in the personality module, the value associated with the capability indicative of the strength of the capability;

wherein the substrate is configured to removably couple to a base unit to form a gaming unit,

the base unit including

an input system configured to receive external input;

a processing engine; and

a wireless interface configured to communicate with another trading card;

wherein the processing engine is configured to

retrieve the one or more attributes associated with the trading card stored in the personality module;

process the external input received from the input system;

based on the external input received,

select the capability;

select a portion of the strength of the capability;

assemble a command to transmit a signal to another trading card, based on the selected capability and selected strength of the capability, the signal configured to be received by another trading card and impact the another trading card; and

wherein the wireless interface configured to transmit the assembled signal to impact the another trading card, based on the selected strength of the selected capability;

a hologram light emitting device disposed in the base unit; and

a holographic display disposed in the substrate and operatively disposed over the hologram light emitting device, when the substrate is coupled to the base unit;

and the hologram light emitting device is selectively energized to project a hologram.

13. The trading card of claim 12, wherein the base unit further including:

a microphone to receive audio input and the base unit configured to add the received audio input to the assembled signal.

14. The trading card of claim 12, wherein the wireless interface is configured to receive another message from another trading card, the another message configured to impact the trading card, based on selected another capability of the another trading card and a value associated with the selected another capability;

and

the processing engine configured to

select one of the capabilities of the trading card configured to minimize the impact of the received another message from the another trading card; and

deploy the selected one of the capabilities of the trading card to minimize the impact of the received another message from the another trading card.

15. The trading card of claim 14, wherein

the received another message from the another trading card includes an audio component;

and

the base unit includes a speaker to reproduce the audio component of the received another message.

16. The trading card of claim 12, wherein the input system includes one or more switches to receive external input.

17. The trading card of claim 12, wherein the wireless interface communicates with another trading card using ad-hoc networking protocol.

18. The trading card of claim 12, wherein the base unit 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. The trading card of claim 12, wherein the base unit further including an

energy harvester to generate electric charge for use by the trading card.

21. A trading card, comprising:

a substrate;

a personality module configured to store one or more attributes associated with the trading card;

an artwork disposed over a surface of the trading card; and

a plurality of light emitting devices spatially arranged with respect to the artwork to provide an outline for portions of the artwork;

a hologram light emitting device disposed over the substrate; and

a holographic display operatively disposed over the hologram light emitting device, the hologram light emitting device is selectively energized to project a hologram, wherein the substrate is configured to removably couple to a base unit to form a gaming unit.

22. The trading card of claim 21, wherein at least one of the attribute is indicative of a capability of the trading card and a value associated with the capability stored in the personality module, the value associated with the capability indicative of the strength of the capability.

23. The trading card of claim 22, wherein, the base unit including

an input system configured to receive external input;

and

a processing engine, wherein the processing engine is configured to process the received external input; and

based on the processed received external input,

retrieve the one or more attributes associated with the trading card stored in the personality module;

select the capability;

select a portion of the strength of the capability;

assemble a message based on the selected capability and selected strength of the capability.

24. The trading card of claim 23, wherein the processing engine configures a signal based on the assembled message, the signal configured to be received by another trading card and impact the another trading card.

25. The trading card of claim 24 further including a wireless interface configured to communicate with the another trading card and transmits the signal to impact the another trading card.

26. The trading card of claim 24, further configured to

receive another message from another trading card, the another message configured to impact the trading card, based on selected another capability of the another trading card and a value associated with the selected another capability;

and

select one of the capabilities of the trading card configured to minimize the impact of the received another message from the another trading card; and

deploy the selected one of the capabilities of the trading card to minimize the impact of the received another message from the another trading card.

27. The trading card of claim 26, wherein the received another message from the another trading card includes an audio component and the trading card includes a speaker to reproduce the audio component of the received another message.

28. The trading card of claim 24, wherein the input system includes a microphone to receive audio input and the trading card configured to add the received audio input to the assembled message.

29. The trading card of claim 21, wherein a subset of the plurality of light emitting devices is configured to display the strength of the capability.

30. The trading card of claim 21, wherein a subset of the plurality of light emitting devices are fabricated in-situ over the substrate.

31. The trading card of claim 21, wherein the base unit further including an energy harvester to generate electric charge for use by the trading card.