Patent ID: 8392618

Claim:
An entertainment system comprising: one or more functionality devices; and an entertainment device for cooperating with the one or more functionality devices in the entertainment system, the entertainment device adapted so that the one or more functionality devices are locatable in proximity to the entertainment device; the entertainment device being operable to recognize the presence of the one or more functionality devices, and, upon recognition of said one or more functionality devices, the one or more functionality devices being externally activated, via a remote control device, wherein the activation is conditional upon communication of one or more security codes issued from the remote control to the one or more functionality devices being externally activated to provide external regulation on use of one or more additional functionality features to be performed whilst the one or more functionality devices is in proximity to the entertainment device, the one or more functionality devices comprising routines for providing said one or more additional functionality features from an external storage medium, wherein the additional functionality features are communicated from the external storage medium to the entertainment device via a wireless transmission component of the functionality device, the entertainment device being operable to perform the one or more additional functionality features associated with said one or more functionality devices and which are non-standard features of said entertainment device, wherein the additional functionality features are unrelated to and different from the standard features of the entertainment device, controllable via a remote control and performed whilst the one or more functionality devices is in proximity to the electronic device; wherein standard features of the entertainment device are configured to be concurrently operable with the one or more additional functionality features such that the entertainment device automatically recognizes, accepts, and carries out the non-standard features of the one or more functionality devices based on the proximity of the one or more functionality devices to the entertainment device.