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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
James William Scott, Cambridge, GB;
Haiyan Zhang, London, GB;
Nicolas Villar, Cambridge, GB;
Alexandra Keeley Bunting, London, GB;
Jonathan Leslie Venables, London, GB;
Simon Jay Carter, London, GB;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A storage and charging device for game pieces is described which is associated with an interactive software experience, such that the storage and charging device corresponds to a virtual entity within the interactive software experience. The storage and charging device comprises a charging mechanism and a communication mechanism. The charging mechanism is arranged to charge at least one of the game pieces and the communication mechanism is arranged to communicate with the interactive software experience.