Patent ID: 7867088

Claim:
An interactive entertainment system comprising: at least one input device; a control unit comprising: an input interface for receiving commands from said at least one input device; a signal formatter for receiving at least one received wireless signal from said input device, and for programming said control unit to produce output signals according to a detected communication protocol of said received wireless signal such that the output signals utilize the detected communication protocol of the received wireless signal; and a wireless transmitter that transmits said output signals according to said detected communication protocol, said output signals being capable of selectively controlling playback of portions of a separate video playback device utilizing the communication protocol of the input device; and a flexible signal wire external to said control unit and operatively connected at a first end thereof to said control unit, and operatively connected at a second and opposite end thereof to a wireless transmitting component; wherein said video playback device is a video disk player, and said output signals are wireless control signals which selectively control playback of selected portions of recorded content played on said video disk player.