Patent ID: 7788215
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: A63G

Abstract:
1. A personalized audio system for enhancing an amusement ride experience of a guest rider, comprising: a seat comprising a seat position supporting a guest; selection means for choosing an audio selection by the guest rider for selection prior to the guest boarding the amusement ride, assigning an identification parameter with said guest rider; identification means for associating the audio selection with a guest rider based on said assigned identification parameter; recognition means cooperating with a ride vehicle of the amusement ride for using the identification means to associate the audio selection with a seat position in the ride vehicle occupied by the guest rider during operation of the amusement ride; and delivery means for transmitting the audio selection into an audio reproduction system and playing back on the audio reproduction system the audio selection chosen by the guest rider only at the seat position occupied by the guest rider during operation of the amusement ride.