Patent ID: 8241118

Claim:
A system for promoting physical activity of a participant, said system comprising: a plurality of stations, said plurality of stations being discrete from one another and being separately playable but being located adjacent to one another so as to collectively define an arena, such that the participant is able to freely move about the arena from one of said plurality of stations to another, as well as being physically present within multiple of said plurality of stations simultaneously, and each of said plurality of stations comprising: a display surface; a station processor; at least one input sensor in communication with said station processor, said at least one input sensor generating sensor signals indicative of interaction of the participant with the station; a feedback database in communication with said station processor, the feedback database having data relating to feedback stored thereon; wherein said station processor generates feedback signals based at least in part upon the sensor signals received from the at least one input sensor and based at least in part upon the feedback data, at least some of the feedback signals comprising visual signals; and a display device displaying visual feedback to the participant, the visual feedback being based at least in part upon the visual signals, and being displayed on said display surface; and a central processor in communication with said station processors comprising part of each of said plurality of stations, said central processor being operable in a cooperative mode in which said central processor controls said plurality of stations and coordinates operation of said plurality of stations with one another such that the participant interacts with said system using, and is physically present within, multiple of said plurality of stations simultaneously, and said central processor being further operable in an individual mode wherein the participant interacts with only one of said plurality of stations at a time.