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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Robert Leyland, Novato, CA (US);
I-wei Huang, Novato, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Leyland, Novato, CA (US);
I-Wei Huang, Novato, CA (US);
Assignee:
Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H 30/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A video game includes a peripheral device that senses the presence and identity of toy objects near or on the peripheral. Each of the toy objects includes an identification device such as an RFID tag. Each of the toys is also associated with a corresponding game character or object. The peripheral device provides lighting effects based on characteristics of the game character or aspects of the game play sequence thereby enhancing the user's gameplay experience.