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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Haiyan Zhang, London, GB;
Nicolas Villar, Cambridge, GB;
James William Scott, Cambridge, GB;
Alexandra Keeley Bunting, London, GB;
Greg Saul, London, GB;
Lee Jason Schuneman, London, GB;
Philip Robert Harrison, Chalfont St Giles, GB;
Jonathan Leslie Venables, London, GB;
Simon Terence Prodger, Horsham, GB;
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Interactive smart beads are described. The beads are attached to a connecting element and form a fashion item such as a necklace or bracelet. The connecting element detects the presence of beads which are part of the fashion item and also beads which are part of nearby fashion items. The connecting element also autonomously generates interactions between two or more detected beads and transmits data about the interactions to a software experience so that a user can view a graphical representation of the interactions. In various examples each bead represents a character, environment, object, etc. and the software experience displays an animated story based on the characters, environments, objects, etc. represented by the beads involved in an interaction.