USOO8384.668B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,384,668 B2 Barney et al. (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 26, 2013 (54) PORTABLE GAMING DEVICE AND GAMING 2,752,725 A 7, 1956 Unsworth SYSTEM COMBINING BOTH PHYSICAL 3.29. A 2. E. West AND VIRTUAL PLAYELEMENTS 3,395,920k - - A 8, 1968 Moeaylor 3,454,920 A 7, 1969 Mehr (75) Inventors: Jonathan A. Barney, Newport Beach, 3.456,134 A 7, 1969 KO CA (US); Denise Chapman Weston, 3.474.241 A 10/1969 Kuipers Wakefield, RI (US) D220,268 S 3, 1971 Kliewer (Continued) (73) Assignee: Creative Kingdoms, LLC, Wakefield, RI (US) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS - CN 1032246 4f1989 (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this CN 1338961 3, 2002 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 (Continued) U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. OTHER PUBLICATIONS (21) Appl. No.: 13/589,034 Richard Borovoy et al., “Groupwear: Nametags That Tell About (22) Filed: Aug. 17, 2012 Relationships.” Chi98, Apr. 1998, pp. 329-330. (65) Prior Publication Data (Continued) US 2012/0309528A1 Dec. 6, 2012 Primary Examiner — Abbas Abdulselam (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Related U.S. Application Data Bear LLP (60) Continuation of application No. 13/452.508, filed O (57) ABSTRACT Apr. 20, 2012, now Pat. No. 8.248,367, which is a continuation of application No. 13/314,980, filed on A wireless input device for playing an interactive motion Dec. 8, 2011, now Pat. No. 8,164,567, which is a sensitive game using a wireless-compatible game console in continuation of application No. 13/231,813, filed on which a virtual play environment is represented through one or more computer-animated visual, aural or tactile effects is (Continued) provided wherein game play is conducted by moving, shak ing, twisting, waving or pointing the input device in a par (51) Int. Cl. ticular manner. The input device can include motion-sensitive G09G 5/00 (2006.01) circuitry and/or command circuitry for generating control (52) U.S. Cl. ............................. 345/158: 463/37: 463/39 signals and/or an effects generator and associated control (58) Field of Classification Search .................. 345/158, circuitry to enable the input device to selectively generate at 345/162, 179; 463/30, 36–39; 715/701-702: least one visual, aural or tactile effect comprising Sound, 434/18–24 lighting or vibration. The input device can include a wireless See application file for complete search history. transceiver for providing two-way wireless communication with the wireless-compatible game console. 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