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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Sari Crevin, Bellevue, WA (US);
John Ikeda, Seattle, WA (US);
David Nelson, Duvall, WA (US);
Brian Allen Bilodeau, Redmond, WA (US);
Sari Crevin, Bellevue, WA (US);
John Ikeda, Seattle, WA (US);
David Nelson, Duvall, WA (US);
Brian Allen Bilodeau, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
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.