Patent ID: 9713766
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: A63F,A63G,A63H,A63J

Claim:
1. A wireless interactive entertainment system for entertaining a guest as part of an interactive entertainment experience carried out within a compatible entertainment facility, said wireless interactive entertainment system comprising: a wireless tracking device configured to be carried or worn by said guest while participating in said interactive entertainment experience, said wireless tracking device comprising first and second radiofrequency (RF) transmitters configured to transmit first and second wireless signals, respectively, each comprising an identifier configured to uniquely identify said guest; a first interactive entertainment effect arranged at a first location within said entertainment facility and a second interactive entertainment effect arranged at a second location within said entertainment facility; a first RF receiver configured to receive said first wireless signal from said first RF transmitter, and wherein said first RF receiver and said first RF transmitter have a wireless communication range of less than 60 cm; a second RF receiver configured to receive said second wireless signal from said second RF transmitter, and wherein said second RF receiver and said second RF transmitter have a wireless communication range of between 10 feet and 100 feet; and a master control system communicatively coupled to each said first and second RF receivers and each said first and second interactive entertainment effects, and wherein said master control system: (i) actuates said first interactive entertainment effect when said first RF receiver receives said first wireless signal, and (ii) actuates said second interactive entertainment effect when said second RF receiver receives said second wireless signal.