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Interactive entertainment system

  • US 9,814,973 B2
  • Filed: 09/29/2016
  • Issued: 11/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An interactive entertainment system for entertaining one or more guests as part of an entertainment experience, said interactive entertainment system comprising:

  • a wireless tracking device carried or worn by a corresponding guest while visiting different locations within an entertainment facility, said wireless tracking device comprising a portable token configured to send and receive radio frequency (RF) signals to and from one or more wireless-compatible transceivers and wherein said wireless tracking device comprises a unique token identifier uniquely identifying said wireless tracking device;

    a first activation zone provided at a first location within said entertainment facility, comprising;

    i) a first entertainment effect, and ii) a first RF transceiver that (a) transmits to said portable token a first token activation signal when said portable token is within said first activation zone and (b) receives from said portable token a first token response signal, and wherein said first token activation signal comprises a first unique zone identifier uniquely identifying said first activation zone and wherein said first token response signal comprises said first unique zone identifier and said unique token identifier;

    a second activation zone provided at a second location within said entertainment facility, comprising;

    i) a second entertainment effect, and ii) a second RF transceiver that (a) transmits to said portable token a second token activation signal when said portable token is within said second activation zone and (b) receives from said portable token a second token response signal, and wherein said second token activation signal comprises a second unique zone identifier uniquely identifying said second activation zone and wherein said second token response signal comprises said second unique zone identifier and said unique token identifier;

    a database configured to store selected tracking information relevant to said corresponding guest, and wherein said selected tracking information comprises information ascertained from at least said first token response signal; and

    a control system communicatively coupled to said database and said first and second RF transceivers and wherein said control system causes said second entertainment effect to be actuated based at least in part on said second token response signal and said selected tracking information.

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