Electronic gaming platform having shared and private screens

• US 8,974,282 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2012
• Issued: 03/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Quado Media, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Quado Media, Inc.
• Inventors: Haltovsky, Avi, Assa, Shmuel, Haltovsky, Moshe
• Primary Examiner(s): Elisca, Pierre E
• Application Number:
  US13/460,775
• Publication Number:
  US 20120220355A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,044 Days
• Field of Search: 463/16, 463/30
• 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 on a plurality of terminals, each terminal having a corresponding monitor the electronic game having a public portion and a private portion, wherein when the electronic gaming system is executed by the terminals, it causes the terminals to display the public portion of the game on one of the terminal'"'"'s monitor; display a private portion of the game to on the other terminals monitors; enable wireless communication between the terminals; and manage flow of the game according to game rules and the wireless communication.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium containing gaming program 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 a public portion of the game on a main monitor coupled to the main console;

display a private portion 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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further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks;

selectively displaying on a secondary monitor at least one of;

duplicate of the public portion of the game that is displayed on the main monitor;

part of the public portion of the game that is displayed on the main monitor;

or, part of the public portion of the game that is different from that displayed on the main monitor.

2. A computer readable medium containing gaming program 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 a public portion of the game on a main monitor coupled to the main console;

display a private portion 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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further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks;

cause the main console to connect to a secondary console and instruct the secondary console to display part of the public portion of the game on a secondary monitor, such that the main monitor and the secondary monitor together create a bigger view of the public portion of the game.

3. A computer readable medium containing gaming program 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 a public portion of the game on a main monitor coupled to the main console;

display a private portion 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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further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks;

upon initiating a game, cause the main console to determine whether the mobile terminal has previously participated in the game and, if so, interrogating a memory for remaining assets and sending to the mobile terminal an update of the remaining assets.

4. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 3, further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks:

cause the main console to wirelessly transmit digital game objects to the mobile terminal.

5. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 3, further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks:

cause the main console to wirelessly transmit to the mobile terminal transfer rules corresponding to the digital game objects.

6. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 5, wherein the transfer rules comprise at least one of:

display rules and action rules.

7. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 6, wherein the action rules comprise at least one of:

sound an audio clip, play a video clip, calculate scope, and display animation.

8. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 3, further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks:

cause the mobile terminal to wirelessly transmit digital game objects to the main console or to another terminal.

9. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 3, further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks:

cause the main console to manage game assets and wirelessly exchange assets with the mobile terminal.

10. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 3, further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks:

cause the main console to manage lists of players.

11. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 3, further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks:

cause the main console to manage list of permanent players and list of ad-hoc players.

12. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 3, further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks:

cause the main console to manage game widgets and game objects.

13. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 3, further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks:

cause the mobile terminal to transmit to the main board properties of the mobile terminal.

14. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 3, further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks:

cause the main console to transmit to the mobile terminal a list of all other units connected to the main console and data relevant to each other unit.

15. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 14, further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks:

cause the mobile terminal to establish wireless communication with the other units.

16. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 3, further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks:

cause the main console to transmit an invitation to the mobile terminal to join the game.

17. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 3, further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks:

cause the main console to map the physical location of the mobile terminal with respect to the main console and any other terminals.

18. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 3, wherein the main console comprises a tablet.

19. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 3, wherein the gaming program comprises a board subsystem operating in the main console and a terminal subsystem operating in a smartphone.

20. A computer readable medium containing gaming program 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 a public portion of the game on a main monitor coupled to the main console;

display a private portion 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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further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks;

cause the terminal to selectively operate in a game mode and control mode, wherein in a game mode a user'"'"'s input to the terminal affects objects on the terminal and in a control mode the user'"'"'s input to the terminal controls objects on the main console.

21. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 20, wherein the main console comprises a smart TV.

22. A computer readable medium containing gaming program 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 a public portion of the game on a main monitor coupled to the main console;

display a private portion 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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further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks;

cause the main console to receive a transmission from a physical gadget equipped with a transmission device, and to advance the game according to the transmission.

23. The computer readable medium containing gaming program of claim 22, wherein the physical gadget comprises one of:

a dice, a timer, a game piece.

24. An electronic gaming system having a board subsystem and a terminal subsystem and configured for executing an electronic game on a plurality of terminals, each terminal having a corresponding monitor, the electronic game having a public portion and a private portion, wherein when the electronic gaming system is executed by the terminals, it causes the terminals to perform the tasks comprising:

operate the board subsystem on selected one of the terminals and display the public portion of the game on the selected one of the terminal'"'"'s monitor;

operate the terminal subsystem on the remaining plurality of terminals and display a private portion of the game on plurality of monitors, each one of the plurality of monitors coupled to one of the plurality of remaining terminals;

enable wireless communication between the plurality of terminals; and

manage flow of the game according to game rules and the wireless communication, and,

further comprising causing the system to perform the tasks;

upon initiating a game, cause the main console to determine whether the mobile terminal has previously participated in the game and, if so, interrogating a memory for remaining assets and sending to the mobile terminal an update of the remaining assets.

25. The electronic gaming system of claim 24, further comprising

rotating the game board to a player'"'"'s defined side when each playing turn arrives as part of the game play.

26. The electronic gaming system of claim 24, wherein at least one of the plurality of terminals comprises a smartphone.

27. The electronic gaming system of claim 24, wherein at least one of the plurality of terminals comprises a tablet.

28. The electronic gaming system of claim 24, wherein at the selected one of the plurality of terminals comprises a tablet and each of the remaining terminals comprises a smartphone.