Patent ID: 8439757

Claim:
An interactive arrangement of entertainment devices, comprising: at least two entertainment devices, each entertainment device having a first communication device on a first side and a second communication device on a second side of the entertainment device, which are configured to receive a limited range wireless signal from at least one other entertainment device when the at least two entertainment devices are adjacently arranged in a spaced apart manner in close physical proximity to each other, each entertainment device being configured to operate in a first mode of controlling the at least one other entertainment device or a second mode of being controlled by the at least one other entertainment device based on whether the other entertainment device is adjacent the first communication device on the first side or the second communication device on the second side of the entertainment device; wherein each entertainment device is configured to transmit a wireless polling signal intended for at least one other entertainment device and to initiate operation in the first mode upon receiving a wireless signal from at least one other entertainment device indicating that at least one other entertainment device is adjacent a first right side of the entertainment device transmitting the wireless polling signal; wherein each entertainment device is configured to initiate operation in the second mode upon receiving a wireless polling signal from at least one other entertainment device indicating that at least one other entertainment device is adjacent a left side of the entertainment device receiving the wireless polling signal; wherein at least one entertainment device operating in the first mode initiates one or more wireless activation signals to control activation of an audio/visual element of at least one other entertainment device; and wherein the at least one other entertainment device operating in the second mode receives one or more wireless activation signals for an audio/visual element from at least one other entertainment device.