Patent ID: 8373659

Claim:
A wirelessly-powered toy for playing a game wherein at least a first portion of said game is virtually represented through one or more computer-animated effects and wherein at least a second portion of said game is physically represented through one or more physical play objects depicting or representing persons, characters or objects relevant to said game, said wirelessly-powered toy comprising: a physical play object configured to depict or represent a person, character or object corresponding to a person, character or object that is virtually represented in an associated game through one or more computer-animated effects; non-volatile memory associated with said physical play object configured to store selected information, including at least one unique identification (ID) code that uniquely identifies said physical play object within said game; at least one electrically-powered radio frequency (RF) transceiver associated with said physical play object configured to provide two-way wireless RF communication between said physical play object and a wireless-compatible gaming platform; at least one electrically-powered lighting effect associated with said physical play object configured to produce light; and at least one wireless power source comprising an antenna, inductance coil or wire associated with said physical play object and configured to receive pulses of electrical energy through inductive coupling when selectively exposed to an externally generated electromagnetic field to thereby wirelessly power said at least one RF transceiver and said at least one lighting effect.