Patent
Interactive play with a computer
Chris Briggs,Roger L Collins,Amanda Jane Devon,Karla Digrazia,Bryan Freedman,Yolanda L. Jenkins,Stuart Ozer,Tony L Robinson,Maurice Voce +8 more
- 21 Nov 1995
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TL;DR: In this paper, an interactive apparatus for use with a computer, comprising a transceiver for two-way wireless communication with a plaything, the transceiver having terminals for connection to the computer, and a control device for causing the computer to send and receive information to and from the plaything via the transceivers to enable the play toy to provide interactive fantasy simulation of the behavior of a corresponding real-world object.
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Abstract: An interactive apparatus for use with a computer, comprising a transceiver for two-way wireless communication with a plaything, the transceiver having terminals for connection to the computer, and a control device for causing the computer to send and receive information to and from the plaything via the transceiver to enable the plaything to provide interactive fantasy simulation of the behavior of a corresponding real-world object. In another aspect, the invention provides a method for enabling fantasy play using a computer and a plaything, comprising at the plaything, delivering output and receiving input associated with the fantasy play, and generating control signals at the computer for controlling the output based on the input, and by wireless communication sending the control signals from the computer to the plaything and sending the input from the plaything to the computer.
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