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Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2010
Applicants:

Sari Crevin, Bellevue, WA (US);

John Ikeda, Seattle, WA (US);

David Nelson, Duvall, WA (US);

Brian Allen Bilodeau, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Sari Crevin, Bellevue, WA (US);

John Ikeda, Seattle, WA (US);

David Nelson, Duvall, WA (US);

Brian Allen Bilodeau, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A game-interactive customizable companion object includes a body, a communication subsystem housed within the body, and a behavior subsystem configured to control movement of the body. The behavior subsystem may include an initiation module configured to set initial behavioral characteristics of the companion object in accordance with the companion object profile, and an update module configured to change behavioral characteristics of the companion object responsive to control commands received from the entertainment system via the communication subsystem.


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