Patent ID: 7749089

Claim:
An interactive gaming system for entertaining one or more play participants, comprising: a play structure; one or more play modules disposed within said play structure and configured to receive or support one or more play participants playing therein or thereon, each of said one or more play modules comprising multiple play elements comprising one or more interactive challenges configured to be played by said one or more play participants as part of an interactive game; and a toy wand operable by at least one of said one or more play participants by waving, shaking, stroking and/or tapping said toy wand in a predetermined manner to transmit a first signal to wirelessly actuate at least one of said multiple play elements, the toy wand further comprising a memory configured to (i) store identification information for uniquely identifying said at least one play participant of said one or more play participants and (ii) store progress information received by the toy wand indicative of a progress of the at least one play participant in the interactive game, the toy wand being further configured to wirelessly transmit at least one of said identification information and said progress information to at least one of said multiple play elements during participation by said at least one play participant in said one or more interactive challenges, and wherein the at least one of said multiple play elements is further configured to adjust said one or more interactive challenges using at least said progress information received from the toy wand.