Patent ID: 8368648
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: A63F,A63H,A63J,G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A portable wireless interactive toy for amusing or entertaining one or more game participants playing a game in conjunction with a wireless-compatible gaming system in which at least a portion of the game is represented through one or more computer animations displayed on an associated display device and wherein game progress or performance for each individual game participant is simultaneously tracked in accordance with a unique identification number associated with said wireless interactive toy, said wireless interactive toy comprising: an elongated body sized and configured to be held and moved freely in the air using a single hand to play said game at least in part by moving the elongated body in free space, said elongated body having an axis of elongation extending from a first end adapted to be held or gripped by a single hand of a game participant to a second end protruding from said first end and being in substantial coaxial alignment therewith; an effects generator configured to display or produce one or more light, vibration or sound effects; and a wireless radio frequency (RF) communication device storing a unique identification number for uniquely identifying said wireless interactive toy within said game and for distinguishing said wireless interactive toy from other wireless devices that may be operated by other game participants, said RF communication device comprising a wireless RF transceiver adapted to provide two-way wireless RF communications with a wireless-compatible gaming system and wherein said two-way wireless RF communications include communication of at least said unique identification number; wherein said portable wireless interactive toy is configured and adapted to automatically establish a wireless communication link with said wireless-compatible gaming system when said wireless interactive toy is operated within a wireless communication range of said wireless-compatible gaming system, further configured to establish said wireless communication link at least in part by: i) receiving from said wireless-compatible gaming system a first wireless communication that includes a first identification number identifying said wireless-compatible gaming system, and ii) responding to said first wireless communication by transmitting a second wireless communication that includes said first identification number and a second identification number comprising said unique identification number of said wireless RF communication device.