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(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9.446,319 B2 Barney Et Al USOO9446.319 B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9.446,319 B2 Barney et al. (45) Date of Patent: Sep. 20, 2016 (54) INTERACTIVE GAMING TOY (56) References Cited (71) Applicant: MQ GAMING, LLC, Irvine, CA (US) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (72) Inventors: Jonathan A. Barney, Newport Beach, 973,105 A 10/1910 Chamberlain, Jr. CA (US); Denise C. Weston, 1,661,058 A 2f1928 Theremin Wakefield, RI (US) (Continued) (73) Assignee: MQ Gaming, LLC, Irvine, CA (US) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this CN 1032246 4f1989 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 CN 2113224 U. 2, 1992 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. (Continued) OTHER PUBLICATIONS (21) Appl. No.: 14/751,026 “HyperScan', release date Oct. 2006. Source http://www. giantbomb.com/hyperscan/3045-1041. (22) Filed: Jun. 25, 2015 (Continued) (65) Prior Publication Data US 2015/O2905.45 A1 Oct. 15, 2015 Primary Examiner — Steven J Hylinski (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Related U.S. Application Data Bear LLP (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 14/720,080, filed on May 22, 2015, which is a continuation of (57) ABSTRACT application No. 14/464,652, filed on Aug. 20, 2014, An interactive gaming toy is provided for playing a game now Pat. No. 9,039,533, which is a continuation of having both physical and virtual gameplay elements. The gaming toy comprises a physical toy, such as a toy wand, (Continued) doll or action figure, having an RFID tag pre-programmed with a unique identifier that identifies the toy within an (51) Int. Cl. associated computer-animated game. The RFID tag stores A63F 9/24 (2006.01) information describing certain attributes or abilities of a A63F I3/00 (2014.01) corresponding virtual character or object in the computer (Continued) animated game. Additional information may be stored on the (52) U.S. Cl. RFID tag as the corresponding virtual character evolves or CPC ............. A63F 13/822 (2014.09); A63F 13/00 changes over time based on player performance and/or (2013.01); A63F 13/10 (2013.01); A63F 13/12 gameplay progression. The interactive gaming toy thus allows developed character attributes and the like to be (2013.01); A63F 13/2II (2014.09); A63F stored and easily transported to other games and compatible 13/235 (2014.09); A63F 13/245 (2014.09); gaming platforms. One or more optional auxiliary compo (Continued) nents may be attached to the gaming toy to selectively create (58) Field of Classification Search a modified gaming toy having additional desired function CPC ........... A63F 13/327; A63F 2300/406; A63H ality and/or aesthetics. 2200/00; A63H 3/16: A63H 3/46 See application file for complete search history. 20 Claims, 17 Drawing Sheets EA.R.E.83 --- 3utersi US 9,446.319 B2 Page 2 Related U.S. Application Data 3,135,512 6, 1964 Taylor 3,336,030 8, 1967 Martell et al. application No. 13/801.955, filed on Mar. 13, 2013, 3,395,920 8, 1968 Moe now Pat. No. 8,814,688, which is a continuation of 3,454,920 T. 1969 Mehr 3.456,134 T. 1969 Ko application No. 13/469,443, filed on May 11, 2012, 3,468,533 9, 1969 House, Jr. now Pat. No. 8,475,275, which is a continuation of 3,474,241 10, 1969 Kuipers application No. 13/037,200, filed on Feb. 28, 2011, D220,268 3, 1971 Kliewer now Pat. No. 8,491,389, which is a continuation of 3,572,712 3, 1971 Vick 3,633,904 1/1972 Kojima application No. 1 1/777,874, filed on Jul. 13, 2007, 3,660,648 5, 1972 Kuipers now Pat. 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