Toy projectile launching system
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1. A toy projectile launching system comprising:
- at least one launchable toy projectile, comprising at least one RFID tag; and
a toy projectile launching apparatus, comprising;
a housing;
a projectile receptacle into which said at least one toy projectile is loaded;
a projectile launching mechanism for physically launching said at least one toy projectile after it is loaded into said projectile receptacle; and
an RFID writer adapted to write tag data to said at least one RFID tag, after said at least one toy projectile is loaded into said projectile receptacle and before said at least one toy projectile is physically launched by said projectile launching mechanism.
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Abstract
A toy projectile launching system including at least one launchable toy projectile, including at least one RFID tag, and a toy projectile launching apparatus, including a housing, a projectile launching mechanism, a projectile receptacle, and an RFID writer adapted to write tag data to the at least one RFID tag, wherein the toy projectile is adapted to be loaded into the projectile receptacle and launched by the projectile launching mechanism.
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26 Claims
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1. A toy projectile launching system comprising:
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at least one launchable toy projectile, comprising at least one RFID tag; and a toy projectile launching apparatus, comprising; a housing; a projectile receptacle into which said at least one toy projectile is loaded; a projectile launching mechanism for physically launching said at least one toy projectile after it is loaded into said projectile receptacle; and an RFID writer adapted to write tag data to said at least one RFID tag, after said at least one toy projectile is loaded into said projectile receptacle and before said at least one toy projectile is physically launched by said projectile launching mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a launchable toy projectile, comprising an RFID tag; a toy projectile launching apparatus, comprising; a projectile launching mechanism; a projectile receptacle; and an RFID writer adapted to write tag data to said RFID tag, the tag data including an identifier of the projectile launching apparatus; and a wireless communications module; and a projectile target, comprising; an RFID reader adapted to read the identifier of the projectile launching apparatus from the tag data of said RFID tag when said projectile comes into contact with the projectile target; and a wireless communications module to send a wireless message to said projectile launching apparatus after said projectile comes into contact with said projectile target.
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10. A toy projectile launching apparatus, comprising:
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a housing; a projectile receptacle into which a toy projectile is loaded; a projectile launching mechanism for physically launching the toy projectile after it is loaded into said projectile receptacle; and an RFID writer adapted to write data to an RFID tag that is embedded within the toy projectile, after the toy projectile is loaded into said projectile receptacle and before the toy projectile is physically launched by said projectile launching mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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- 17. A toy projectile suitable for being physically launched from a toy projectile launching apparatus, the toy projectile comprising an RFID tag with data that identifies a time of physical launch of the projectile from the projectile launching apparatus.
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23. A toy projectile launching system comprising:
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at least one toy projectile comprising at least one RFID tag; and a toy projectile launching apparatus, comprising; a housing; a projectile receptacle into which said at least one toy projectile is loaded; a projectile launching mechanism for physically launching said at least one toy projectile after it is loaded into said projectile receptacle; and an RFID reader adapted to read the RFID tag of the at least one toy projectile when said at least one toy projectile is in contact with the projectile launching apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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