Patent ID: 9352225
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: A63F,A63G

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing a multi-player game experience through a computerized theme-park ride, comprising the steps of: a) providing a computerized theme park ride including one or more ride chassis, a plurality of display devices, a motor, a plurality of computerized user interfaces each having an interface module and a ride engine module functionally coupled to the one or more ride chassis, the display devices and the motor, the ride engine module being configured to operate a multi-player game experience according to predefined game parameters including game operation and game media parameters; b) managing game media parameters of the multi-player game experience through a ride control module in communication with the ride engine module; c) receiving game media parameter selections from a plurality of players through a ride interface module including an interface device in communication with the ride control module; d) performing a multi-player game session through the computerized theme-park ride, with the plurality of players inside the one or more ride chassis, wherein the ride engine module, using a processor, presents a game experience for each of the plurality of players the game operation parameters are identical for each player and the game media parameters are dynamically set before or during gameplay to be consistent with the received game media parameter selections for each player, respectively, thereby providing a synchronized and coordinated, yet disparate, game experience for the plurality of players over the provided computerized user interfaces inside the one or more ride chassis.