WO2006058204A3 - Electronic game board - Google Patents

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WO2006058204A3
WO2006058204A3 PCT/US2005/042726 US2005042726W WO2006058204A3 WO 2006058204 A3 WO2006058204 A3 WO 2006058204A3 US 2005042726 W US2005042726 W US 2005042726W WO 2006058204 A3 WO2006058204 A3 WO 2006058204A3
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board
dvd player
location
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play
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Peter Maciver
James Keifer
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Mattel Inc
Peter Maciver
James Keifer
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Priority to EP05852184A priority Critical patent/EP1830934A4/en
Priority to CA002588914A priority patent/CA2588914A1/en
Priority to MX2007006163A priority patent/MX2007006163A/en
Publication of WO2006058204A2 publication Critical patent/WO2006058204A2/en
Publication of WO2006058204A3 publication Critical patent/WO2006058204A3/en

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00643—Electric board games; Electric features of board games
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00173—Characteristics of game boards, alone or in relation to supporting structures or playing piece
    • A63F3/00261—Details of game boards, e.g. rotatable, slidable or replaceable parts, modular game boards, vertical game boards
    • A63F2003/0034—Details of game boards, e.g. rotatable, slidable or replaceable parts, modular game boards, vertical game boards with a replaceable part of the playing surface
    • A63F2003/00347—Details of game boards, e.g. rotatable, slidable or replaceable parts, modular game boards, vertical game boards with a replaceable part of the playing surface the playing surface as a whole being replaceable
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00643—Electric board games; Electric features of board games
    • A63F2003/00662—Electric board games; Electric features of board games with an electric sensor for playing pieces
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/24—Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for
    • A63F2009/2401—Detail of input, input devices
    • A63F2009/2411—Input form cards, tapes, discs
    • A63F2009/2419—Optical
    • A63F2009/2423—Discs, e.g. CD or DVD
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/24—Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for
    • A63F2009/2448—Output devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/24—Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for
    • A63F2009/2483—Other characteristics
    • A63F2009/2488—Remotely playable
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2300/00—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game
    • A63F2300/10—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game characterized by input arrangements for converting player-generated signals into game device control signals
    • A63F2300/1068—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game characterized by input arrangements for converting player-generated signals into game device control signals being specially adapted to detect the point of contact of the player on a surface, e.g. floor mat, touch pad
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2300/00—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game
    • A63F2300/20—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game characterised by details of the game platform
    • A63F2300/202—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game characterised by details of the game platform the game platform being a DVD player

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  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Television Signal Processing For Recording (AREA)
  • Toys (AREA)
  • User Interface Of Digital Computer (AREA)

Abstract

An electronic game board (18) is provided for use in a DVD gaming system (10) including a DVD player (12) where DVD media (14) incorporating commands and audio visual content is accessed by the DVD player (12) as part of game play. The electronic board (12) may be used with play piece (34) and may be configured to determined the identity and location of a play piece (34) on the electronic board (18), to wirelessly transmit location data to the DVD player (12), to determine the location of finger contact on the board surface instead of play piece location, and to receive transmissions from the DVD player. The board (18) may include command inputs such as buttons, switches or joysticks to be used as part of game play. The board (18) may include a display for presenting information or pictures to players. The board (18) may overlays displaying different playing surfaces and playing spaces.
PCT/US2005/042726 2004-11-23 2005-11-23 Electronic game board WO2006058204A2 (en)

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EP05852184A EP1830934A4 (en) 2004-11-23 2005-11-23 Electronic game board
CA002588914A CA2588914A1 (en) 2004-11-23 2005-11-23 Electronic game board
MX2007006163A MX2007006163A (en) 2004-11-23 2005-11-23 Electronic game board.

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US63070904P 2004-11-23 2004-11-23
US60/630,709 2004-11-23
US11/286,317 US20060175753A1 (en) 2004-11-23 2005-11-22 Electronic game board
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