Robert A Daviau

US Patent:

20070026917, Feb 1, 2007

Filed:

Jul 28, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/191394

Inventors:

Robert Daviau - Longmeadow MA, US

International Classification:

A63F 13/00

US Classification:

463001000, 463030000

Abstract:

Interaction between a multimedia system in a multiplayer board game using a DVD player or a computer is disclosed in which participant players interact with the multimedia system through an input device in response to selections made through the display. An interference interface, for example a red reader lens, provides a unique type of interaction with the multimedia system generating concealed images on the display that only the interference interface is able to reveal, allowing the game to proceed by sending messages encoded in the concealed image to only the player with the interference interface at the time the image is displayed which allows a selected player to receive messages from the game system. Additionally, the interference interface also facilitates the player sending a message to the game by moving an encoded image under one of many selections available on the display. The display of the concealed image is generated by the multimedia system, viewed using the reader to receive the message, and the input device transmits the input selection. The multimedia system receives the inputted message, processes, and displays an output in response.