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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel M. Doptis, Troy, NY (US);
Shea C. McCombs, Albany, NY (US);
Jan-Erik Steel, Old Chatham, NY (US);
Assignee:
Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/42 (2014.01); A63H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/24 (2014.09); A63F 9/24 (2013.01); A63F 13/42 (2014.09); A63H 3/00 (2013.01); A63H 2200/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A videogame includes a peripheral device that senses the presence and identity of toys near or on the peripheral. Each of the toys includes an identification device such as an RFID tag. Each of the toys is also associated with a corresponding game character or object. The toys include touchpoints that can be used to affect and navigate gameplay. Further, the toys include programmable payloads that can be programmed in response to gameplay.