Patent ID: 8744627
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: A63G

Abstract:
1. A system for distributed control of an interactive show, the system comprising: a plurality of actors in the interactive show, at least one of the actors comprising: a network interconnecting each of the actors; and a plurality of sensors providing messages to the network, wherein the messages are indicative of processed information; wherein the processor executes software that schedules and/or coordinates actions of the actor corresponding to the processor in accordance with the messages representative of attributes of one or more selected from (i) other actors of the plurality of actors and (ii) a plurality of members of an audience viewing the show; and wherein one of the actions corresponds to an interactive action with the audience in accordance with an emergency message, and wherein the emergency message occurs in response to not receiving an expected response from the one or more selected from (i) the other actors of the plurality of actors and (ii) the plurality of members of the audience viewing the show.