Patent Grant
11732994
The present disclosure relates generally to laser tag technology. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an improved automated network of laser tag stations.
Various conventional systems have been created to provide laser tag games such as, including, Patent Application Publications US20160037469, US20020058459, US20030069077, US20050255842, US20060046606, US20060193283, US20070066395, US2008009345, US20080039204, US20080238937, US20080247408, US20090083847, US20090191968, US20100128653, US20120178529, US20130010207, US20130084979, US20130121256, US20130157692, US20140235341, US20160006848, US20190015754, US20190324446 International Patent Application Publications WO2016019276, W2014185861, WO2015020608 and U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,990,471, 5,044,107, 5,885,129, 6,261,180, 6,752,238 7,076,767, 7,291,014, 7,338,375, 7,500,917, 7,632,187, 7,846,028, 7,872,849, 7,896,742, 7,916,666, 8,462,691, 8,469,824, 8,721,460, 8,837,528, 8,951,128, 9,537,986, 9,692,756, 10,338,679, the contents of all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.
Conventional systems to manage laser tag units and games are immobile and require hands-on management. They are installed into arenas, buildings, or other facilities, and generally consist of a hub to coordinate data transmission between units and a server to manage games, and separate equipment to charge the units between games. Workers are required to manually dock or undock units or vests onto the chargers, and to manually begin, monitor and end laser tag games. Payments and admittance into the games are conventionally handled manually, and play spaces are created in advance.
What is needed is an improved system for providing laser tag games, which overcomes the shortcomings of conventional solutions.
According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, an exemplary system, method, and/or computer program product for managing a game can include: receiving, by at least one electronic computer processor, a request to establish a game; establishing, by the at least one electronic computer processor, the game can include: authenticating, by the at least one electronic computer processor, a plurality of authorized users; unlocking, by the at least one electronic computer processor, a plurality of unit devices to provide each of the unit devices to each of the plurality of authorized users from at least one station; and/or managing, by the at least one electronic computer processor, the game between the plurality of unit devices.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the method can include where the receiving a request to establish a game can include at least one or more of: receiving, by the at least one electronic computer processor, a request to establish a laser tag game; receiving, by the at least one electronic computer processor, a request of one game from a plurality of available games; and/or receiving, by the at least one electronic computer processor, a request of one game from a plurality of available laser tag games.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the method can include where the authenticating the plurality of authorized users can include: authenticating, by the at least one electronic computer processor, a plurality of users to establish a laser tag game; receiving, by the at least one electronic computer processor, authenticating information from a mobile device; and/or receiving, by the at least one electronic computer processor, confirmation that a payment system has collected electronic payment to allow the plurality of users to play the laser tag game.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the method can include where the station is coupled via a communication network to a service provider computing device.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the method can include where the station is wirelessly coupled to the plurality of unit devices.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the method can further include providing, by the at least one electronic computer processor, for electrically charging the plurality of unit devices via the station.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the method can further include receiving, by the at least one electronic computer processor, the plurality of unit devices back into the station upon completion of the game.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the method can include where managing the game can include at least one of: transmitting, by the at least one electronic computer processor, commands from the station to the plurality of unit devices via the station; coordinating, by the at least one electronic computer processor, play of the game; receiving, by the at least one electronic computer processor, from the plurality of unit devices scores; and/or scoring, by the at least one electronic computer processor, the game.
According to another exemplary embodiment, a system for managing a game can include: at least one service provider system can include: at least one computer processor; and at least one memory coupled to the at least one computer processor; and wherein the at least one computer processor is configured to: receive a request to establish a game; establish the game can include configuring the at least one computer processor to: authenticate a plurality of authorized users; unlock a plurality of unit devices to provide each of the unit devices to each of the plurality of authorized users from at least one station; and/or manage the game between the plurality of unit devices.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the system can include where the at least one station can include a plurality of skates; and at least one station controller coupled to each of the plurality of skates; at least one station memory coupled to the at least one station controller; at least one station energy storage device coupled to the at least one station controller; at least one station energy storage controller coupled to the at least one station controller, the at least one station energy storage device, and the plurality of skates; at least one station radio configured to communicate with each of the plurality of unit devices, and coupled to the at least one station controller; and/or at least one communication network interface for coupling the at least one station to the at least one service provider system, and/or coupled to the at least one station controller.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the system can include where each of the plurality of unit devices is locked or unlocked from one skate of the plurality of skates of the at least one station, and wherein each the one skate can include: at least one skate controller, the at least one skate controller configured to communicatively interact with the at least one station controller; at least one skate memory coupled to the at least one skate controller; at least one radio frequency identification (RFID) reader coupled to the at least one skate controller, the at least one RFID reader configured to read an RFID tag of at least one of the plurality of unit devices; at least one lock coupled to the at least one skate controller, the at least one lock configured to interact with at least one latch of at least one of the plurality of unit devices; and/or at least one skate charger coupled to the skate controller, the at least one charger configured to charge at least one battery of at least one of the plurality of unit devices.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the system can include where the each of the unit devices of the plurality of the unit devices can include: at least one unit device controller; at least one unit device memory coupled to the at least one unit device controller; at least one unit device radio coupled to the at least one unit device controller, the at least one unit device radio configured to communicate with the at least one station radio; at least one unit device energy storage device coupled to the at least one unit device controller and coupled to at least one unit device charge contact configured to interact with the at least one skate charger; at least one unit device latch coupled to the at least one unit device controller and configured to interact with the at least one skate lock; at least one user interface coupled to the at least one unit device controller; and/or at least one location sensor coupled to the at least one unit device controller.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the system can include where the each of the unit devices can include at least one or more of: at least one laser tag unit device; at least one laser tag gun; and/or at least one tool.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the system can include where the unit devices is not a bicycle, each of the unit devices is not an automated scooter, and/or each of the unit devices is not an automobile.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the system can include where the each of the unit devices communicates with the at least one station by radio communication.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the system can include where each of the unit devices communicates with the at least one skate by RFID card reader communication.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the system can include where the each of the at least one skates communicates with the at least one station by i2C protocol communication.
According to yet another exemplary embodiment, an exemplary non-transitory computer accessible medium embodying program code instructions, which when executed by at least one computer processor perform a method for managing a game, wherein the method can include: receiving a request to establish a game; establishing the game can include: authenticating a plurality of authorized users; unlocking a plurality of unit devices to provide each of the unit devices to each of the plurality of authorized users from at least one station; and/or managing the game between the plurality of unit devices, according to an exemplary embodiment.
According to yet another exemplary embodiment, an exemplary system can include where each of the unit devices is a toy and not a vehicle.
According to another exemplary embodiment, an exemplary system can include where each of the unit devices is at least one or more of: is not a vehicle, is a vehicle other than a scooter, is not a scooter, is not an electric scooter, and/or is not a rechargeable scooter.
The foregoing and other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following, more particular description of various example embodiments of the invention, including any preferred embodiments, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numbers generally indicate identical, functionally similar, and/or structurally similar elements. The left most digits in the corresponding reference number indicate the drawing in which an element first appears.
Client(s) 104 refer to an exemplary user device 104 of a user 116 and/or an associated networked user application such as, e.g., but not limited to, a web-page/web-application, and/or mobile application that an exemplary user(s) 116 can interact with that communicates with the exemplary server(s) 106, according to an exemplary embodiment. The client(s) 104 can allow the user(s) to communicate with the servers 106 in order to, e.g., but not limited to, register an account, log in with that account, register payment information, complete transactions with an exemplary NeoTag application service provider system (as, e.g., may be provided over the example station network 100 illustrated), find nearby station(s) 102, join a queue of a given station 102, be assigned a unit 118 (discussed further below with reference to 202 in
Server(s) 106 refer to an exemplary networked machine and/or computer and/or virtual machine and/or computer, that can be configured to host exemplary web server software, and/or application software that can be configured to allow for communication between exemplary clients 104, exemplary stations 102, the exemplary datastore(s) 108, and exemplary payment services 110, according to an exemplary embodiment. The server(s) 106, according to an exemplary embodiment, can coordinate the following exemplary, but nonlimiting, tasks, according to an exemplary embodiment:
Datastore(s) 108 refer to an exemplary networked machine(s) and/or computer(s) and/or virtual machine(s) and/or computer(s), running exemplary database software (such as, e.g., but not limited to, an exemplary relational database, an exemplary flat file database, an exemplary hierarchical database, an exemplary graph database, etc.) that allow the storage of data needed by the web applications running on the exemplary server(s) 106, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Payment Services 110 refer to an exemplary external (or internal) service or business that the servers 106 can communicate with to facilitate payments and financial transactions between Users 116, via user devices 104 and NeoTag devices 106, 108 for services provided by NeoTag devices and the Stations 102, according to an exemplary embodiment. According to an exemplary embodiment, payment service 110 can be any of various well known electronic and/or online payment services including, e.g., but not limited to, PAYPAL, VENMO, WEPAY, SHOPIFY, AMAZON PAYMENTS, PAYPAL PAYMENTS, AUTHORIZE.NET, 2CHECKOUT, DWOLLA, STRIPE, WORLDPAY, SIMPLIFY COMMERCE, APPLE PAY, ANDROID PAY, MASTERPASS, payment gateways, mobile payments services, social media platform-based services, messenger-based services, block-chain ledger based systems, crypto-currency based payment systems, e-commerce based systems, direct deposit, electronic funds transfer (EFT), automated clearinghouse (ACH), merchant e-solutions, debit, charge, credit, creditcard, smartcard, cash value card, prepaid card, and/or bankcard, payment gateways, electronic payment system, e-commerce payment system, B2C payment systems, B2B payment systems, CTX and CCD transactions, recurring payment systems, PPD transactions, subscription payment systems, financial cybermediaries, electronic checks, electronic bill presentment, ewallets, direct deposit, currency equivalents, etc.
A “Station” 102, according to an exemplary embodiment, can be a mobile platform or structure which can has multiple exemplary slots or “Skates” 204 that exemplary “Units” 118, shown in a docked unit configuration 20, 2 can be removably coupled, securely to “Dock” as illustrated in (
According to an exemplary embodiment, station 102 can include, e.g., but not limited to, an exemplary antenna, and/or light emitting diode (LED), and/or other light generating element 208, which can be illuminated atop exemplary station 102, as illustrated in diagram 200, according to one exemplary embodiment. Exemplary element 208 can communicate different forms of exemplary information via, e.g., but not limited to, a color, a state of blinking, strobing, etc., according to an exemplary embodiment.
According to an exemplary embodiment, new games and new software updates can be transmitted, e.g., wirelessly, through an exemplary network, and can be made available, e.g., for a monthly subscription, as an exemplary periodically billed service, according to an exemplary embodiment.
The Station 102, according to an exemplary embodiment, can be configured to include, exemplary features enabling being weather resistant, configured for exemplary outdoor use in exemplary variable weather environments, and/or can be deployed indoors and/or outdoors and exemplary embodiments can contain an exemplary large battery 304 and/or other power source or supply to, e.g., power the exemplary station 102, itself, and/or external devices, according to an exemplary embodiment. The exemplary Station 102, according to one exemplary embodiment, can contain, according to an exemplary embodiment, various internal exemplary but nonlimiting internal components, including, e.g., but not limited to: (see
The exemplary station electronics 302 can include, e.g., but not limited to, an exemplary GPS module for location and/or position identification, radio module(s) 312 for enabling communications, exemplary GSM modem 314, 3G, 4G, 5G, and/or nG modem for exemplary communications to an exemplary GSM and/or other wireless communications network, an exemplary energy controller 310, which can include an exemplary battery controller or other energy system controller configured to enable charging and/or discharging of battery 304 and/or batteries in exemplary removably coupled units 118, 202 via exemplary skates 204, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Exemplary unit 118, 202 can include, according to an exemplary embodiment, a controller 406 such as, e.g., but not limited to, a microcontroller, processor, or the like, an exemplary radio 412, memory 408, GPS and/or other location and/or position sensor system 414, 416, user interface 418, battery and/or external batter interface/charging contacts 410, locking latch 402, and/or identification and/or ID and/or radio frequency identifier (RFID) tag 420, according to an exemplary embodiment.
An exemplary “Skate” 204, can include, according to an exemplary embodiment, exemplary internal components 434, which may be part of the skate 204 and/or station 206, according to exemplary embodiments. Exemplary internal components 434 can include, according to an exemplary embodiment of skate 204, a controller 426 such as, e.g., but not limited to, a microcontroller, etc., an exemplary memory 428 coupled to the exemplary controller 426, as well as other components such as, e.g., but not limited to, exemplary data coupling and/or transceiver, transmitter/receiver, for communication to and/or from station 102 electronic 206, and or power interface and/or mechanical and/or electric coupling to provide power to exemplary skate 204 from exemplary station 206 and/or other source of energy and/or power such as, e.g., an energy storage device 304 and/or generation and/or production system (not shown), an exemplary RFID reader 430, an exemplary lock 432, and/or exemplary charger 422, etc.
Exemplary “Skate” 204, according to an exemplary embodiment, can include, e.g., but not limited to, an exemplary mechanical slot, and/or lock and/or latching mechanism, and/or other mechanism, etc., according to an exemplary embodiment, on the Station 102, which can allow, e.g., but not limited to, for an exemplary given Unit 118, 202 to be Docked to a respective skate 204 and the exemplary electronics illustrated in exemplary diagram 400 and/or exemplary mechanical mechanisms to, according to an exemplary embodiment, facilitate the exemplary Locking, Unlocking, Charging, and/or Identification of, an exemplary Unit 118, 202 Docked to the skate 204 (as shown in
According to an exemplary embodiment, being “Docked” and/or “Docking” can be a state that an exemplary Unit 118, 202 is in when securely attached and/or locked via exemplary lock 432 of the exemplary skate 204, and/or latch 402 of an exemplary unit 118, 202, to the exemplary Skate 204 of an exemplary Station 102, according to an exemplary embodiment. This means that, according to an exemplary embodiment, while docked, an exemplary Unit 118, 202 cannot be physically removed by use of lock 432 and/or latch 402 mechanisms, until, e.g., but not limited to, authorized and/or Unlocked, according to an exemplary embodiment. While exemplary unit(s) 118, 202 are docked, according to an exemplary embodiment, the Station 102 can, e.g., but not limited to, charge the battery 404 of unit 118, 202 via charge contact 410 being coupled to and/or connected to exemplary charger 422 of skate 204, and can, e.g., but not limited to, detect which Unit 118, 202 is Docked to which Skate 204, according to an exemplary embodiment. According to one exemplary embodiment, charging can be performed via a conductive electronic connection, and/or via another exemplary embodiment, the charging can occur via other means such as, e.g., but not limited to, inductive charging, Qi-enabled charging, Chi wireless charging, resonant charging, charging via induction coils, wireless and/or other wired mechanisms, etc.
An exemplary Station 102 can include, exemplary “Coordinated Communication”—Between exemplary Units 118, 202—The exemplary Station 102, according to an exemplary embodiment, can contain an exemplary radio 312 to, e.g., but not limited to, communicate to exemplary respective Units 118, 202 via radio 412, to query for information from them such as, e.g., but not limited to, GPS location, which can be sensed from exemplary GPS 414, 416, battery charge of exemplary battery 404 and/or other information received from microcontroller 406 in communication over its radio 412, and/or any application specific data running on the Units 118, 202, etc., according to an exemplary embodiment. The Station 204 can also facilitate communication between the Units 118, 202 by, e.g., but not limited to, acting as a hub that the Units 118, 202 can use to relay data to each other via exemplary skate 204 and/or station 102, and/or peer to peer between units 118, 202, if so configured, according to an exemplary embodiment.
According to an exemplary embodiment, an exemplary station 102 can include mechanisms for providing exemplary communication—between one or more station(s) 102 and/or servers and/or on a peer to peer basis between stations via an exemplary communication and/or wide area network (WAN). The Station 102, according to an exemplary embodiment, can contain an exemplary GSM module 314 and/or other network communications hardware device and/or chip and/or accompanying software communications stack and/or the like, to allow exemplary transfer (receive and/or transmit) of exemplary data between the exemplary Station 102 and the exemplary wireless network 112 such as, e.g., but not limited to, cell network, WIFI, WIMAX, GSM, CDMA, 3G, 4G, 5G, nG, etc., and/or other wireless and/or wide area network (WAN), specifically to communicate with the exemplary NeoTag Servers 106, 108, 110 and/or Station 102 Network 112, 114, 110, according to an exemplary embodiment.
The unit 118, 202, can be a unit 118, 202 available from an entity NEOTAG, INC. of Baltimore, Md., USA. The “NeoTag Unit” 118, 202, according to an exemplary embodiment, is an implementation, or example embodiment, of the Unit 118, 202 defined above that can be used to play exemplary but nonlimiting laser tag games, or the like, according to an exemplary embodiment. In addition to the exemplary attributes listed above, an exemplary NeoTag Unit 118, 202 can contain components for exemplary feedback and/or interaction with the User 116 via an exemplary user interface 418, which may include, e.g., but may not be limited to, exemplary buttons, light emitting diodes (LEDs), an exemplary liquid crystal display (LCD) and/or organic light emitting diode (OLED), or the like display screen and/or monitor, an exemplary acoustic speaker, and/or a rumble/haptic/tactile/vibration device and/or motor, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Dotted line 502 represents an exemplary wireless communication via radio between units 118 and station electronics 206 of station 102, according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to
According to an exemplary embodiment, exemplary station 102 can include exemplary station electronics 206, which can communicate with various exemplary skate(s) 204 via an exemplary communication protocol such as, e.g., but not limited to, I2C protocol, and/or other wired and/or wireless protocol and/or communications methodology.
For example, according to an exemplary embodiment, as illustrated by line 506, station electronics 206 can communicate by i2C protocol with skate 3 204a skate electronics 514a. Similarly, according to an exemplary embodiment, as illustrated by line 506, station electronics 206 can also communicate by i2C protocol with skate 2 204b skate electronics 514b. Finally, according to an exemplary embodiment, as illustrated by line 506, station electronics 206 can also communicate by i2C protocol with skate 1 204c skate electronics 514c. Skate 204a, illustrates an exemplary side orthographic view of exemplary skate 204a, and skate 204b illustrates an exemplary front orthographic view of an exemplary skate 204b, according to an exemplary embodiment.
The computer system 600, according to an exemplary embodiment, may include one or more processors, such as, e.g., but not limited to, processor(s) 604, which may include microprocessors, coprocessors, multiprocessors, nanoprocessors, microcontrollers, systems on a chip (SOC), multi-processor systems, parallel processors, CISC type processors, RISC type processors, POWER type processors, ARM-architecture processors, massively parallel processor, graphic processors (GPUs) 632, cryptographic processors such as, e.g., but not limited to, encryption/decryption processor 636, quantum computers, etc. The processor(s) 604 may be connected to a communication infrastructure 606 (e.g., but not limited to, a communications bus, cross-over bar, or network, etc.). Various exemplary software embodiments may be described in terms of this exemplary computer system. After reading this description, it will become apparent to a person skilled in the relevant art(s) how to implement the invention using other computer systems and/or architectures.
Computer system 600 may include display 620, a display interface or subsystem 618, coupled to a communications bus 604, the display interface 618 may forward, e.g., but not limited to, graphics, text, and other data, etc., from the communication infrastructure 604 (or from a frame buffer, etc., not shown) for display on the display unit 620, and/or GPU not shown, and/or touchscreen 634, and/or other input or output, and/or input and output devices 624, 626, 628, sensor based device, network connected interface or communications network or cloud 604, keyboard device 616, location sensor 632, keyboard mouse/stylus/input device 616, VR/AR headset and/or controller 638, etc.
The computer system 600, according to an exemplary embodiment, may also include, e.g., but may not be limited to, a main memory 606, random access memory (RAM), and a secondary memory 608, etc. The secondary memory 608 may include, for example, (but not limited to) a storage device 610 such as, e.g., but not limited to, hard disk drive 610 and/or a removable storage drive 614, representing a floppy diskette drive, a magnetic tape drive, an optical disk drive, a compact disk drive (CD-ROM), digital versatile disc (DVD), universal serial bus storage device (USB), FLASH memory storage device, solid state memory device (SSD), memory card, SDRAM card, Personal Cloud storage, redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) array, etc. The removable storage drive 614 may, e.g., but not limited to, read from and/or write to a removable storage unit 618 in a well-known manner. Removable storage unit 612, also called a program storage device or a computer program product, may represent, e.g., but not limited to, a floppy disk, magnetic tape, optical disk, compact disk, etc. which may be read from and written to by removable storage drive 614. As will be appreciated, the removable storage unit 614 may include a computer usable storage medium having stored therein computer software and/or data, according to an exemplary embodiment.
In alternative exemplary embodiments, secondary memory 608, 610, 612, 614 may include other similar devices for allowing computer programs or other instructions to be loaded into computer system 600. Such devices may include, for example, a removable storage unit 614 and an interface 612. Examples of such may include, e.g., but not limited to, a program cartridge and cartridge interface (such as, e.g., but not limited to, those found in video game devices), a removable memory chip (such as, e.g., but not limited to, an erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM), or programmable read only memory (PROM) and associated socket, and other removable storage units 614 and interfaces 612, which may allow software and data to be transferred from the removable storage unit 614 to computer system 600, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Computer 600 may also include an input device such as, e.g., (but not limited to) a mouse or other pointing device such as a digitizer, and a keyboard or other data entry device (none of which are labeled), according to an exemplary embodiment.
Computer 600 may also include output devices, such as, e.g., (but not limited to) display 620, and display interface 618. Computer 600 may include input/output (I/O) devices such as, e.g., (but not limited to) communications interface 622, 624, 604, cable and/or other physical medium, not shown and communications path 622, 624, 604, etc. These devices may include, e.g., but not limited to, a network interface card, and modems (neither are labeled), according to an exemplary embodiment. Communications interface may allow software and data to be transferred between computer system 600 and external devices. Examples of communications interface 624 may include, e.g., but may not be limited to, a modem, a network interface (such as, e.g., an Ethernet card), a communications port, a Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) slot and card, etc. Software and data transferred via communications interface 624 may be in the form of nontransitory signals 628 which may be electronic, electromagnetic, optical or other signals capable of being received by communications interface. These signals may be provided to communications interface 622, 624 via, e.g., but not limited to, a communications path 624 (e.g., but not limited to, a channel). This channel 624 may carry signals, which may include, e.g., but not limited to, propagated signals when non-transitory, and may be implemented using, e.g., but not limited to, electronic, optical, wire or cable, fiber optics, a telephone line, a cellular link, an radio frequency (RF) link and other communications channels, etc., according to an exemplary embodiment.
In this document, the terms “computer program medium” and “computer readable medium” may be used to generally refer to media such as, e.g., but not limited to removable storage drive 614, a hard disk installed in hard disk drive 612, and signals 628, etc., according to an exemplary embodiment. These computer program products may provide software to computer system 600. The invention may be directed to such computer program products, according to an exemplary embodiment.
References to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” “example embodiment,” “various embodiments,” etc., may indicate that the embodiment(s) of the invention so described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but not every embodiment necessarily includes the particular feature, structure, or characteristic, according to an exemplary embodiment. Further, repeated use of the phrase “in one embodiment,” or “in an exemplary embodiment,” do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, although they may, according to an exemplary embodiment.
In the following description and claims, the terms “coupled” and “connected,” along with their derivatives, may be used, according to an exemplary embodiment. It should be understood that these terms are not intended as synonyms for each other. Rather, in particular embodiments, “connected” may be used to indicate that two or more elements are in direct or indirect physical or electrical contact with each other, according to an exemplary embodiment. “Coupled” may mean that two or more elements are in direct physical or electrical contact, according to an exemplary embodiment. However, “coupled” may also mean that two or more elements are not in direct contact with each other, but yet still co-operate or interact with each other, according to an exemplary embodiment.
An algorithm is here, and generally, considered to be a self-consistent sequence of acts or operations leading to a desired result, according to an exemplary embodiment. These include physical manipulations of physical quantities, according to an exemplary embodiment. Usually, though not necessarily, these quantities take the form of electrical or magnetic signals capable of being stored, transferred, combined, compared, and otherwise manipulated, according to an exemplary embodiment. It has proven convenient at times, principally for reasons of common usage, to refer to these signals as bits, values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers or the like, according to an exemplary embodiment. It should be understood, however, that all of these and similar terms are to be associated with the appropriate physical quantities and are merely convenient labels applied to these quantities, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, as apparent from the following discussions, it is appreciated that throughout the specification discussions utilizing terms such as “processing,” “computing,” “calculating,” “determining,” or the like, refer to the action and/or processes of a computer or computing system, or similar electronic computing device, that manipulate and/or transform data represented as physical, such as electronic, quantities within the computing system's registers and/or memories into other data similarly represented as physical quantities within the computing system's memories, registers or other such information storage, transmission or display devices, according to an exemplary embodiment.
In a similar manner, the term “processor” may refer to any device or portion of a device that processes electronic data from registers and/or memory to transform that electronic data into other electronic data that may be stored in registers and/or memory, according to an exemplary embodiment. A “computing platform” may comprise one or more processors, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Embodiments of the present invention may include apparatuses for performing the operations herein, according to an exemplary embodiment. An apparatus may be specially constructed for the desired purposes, or it may comprise a general purpose device, special purpose devices, devices configured as set forth herein to perform special purpose computing processing selectively activated or reconfigured by a program stored in the device, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Embodiments of the invention may be implemented in one or a combination of hardware, firmware, and software, according to an exemplary embodiment. Embodiments of the invention may also be implemented as instructions stored on a machine-readable medium, which may be read and executed by a computing platform to perform the operations described herein, according to an exemplary embodiment. A machine-readable medium may include any mechanism for storing or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., a computer). For example, a machine-readable medium may include read only memory (ROM); random access memory (RAM); magnetic disk storage media; optical storage media; flash memory devices; electrical, optical, acoustical or other form of propagated signals (e.g., carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, etc.) when in non-transitory form, and others, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Computer programs (also called computer control logic), may include object-oriented computer programs, and may be stored in main memory 606 and/or the secondary memory 608, 610 and/or removable storage units 612, 614, also called computer program products, according to an exemplary embodiment. Such computer programs, when executed, may enable the computer system 600 to perform the features of the present invention as discussed herein, according to an exemplary embodiment. In particular, the computer programs, when executed, may enable the processor 602 via communications path 604 to provide a method to resolve conflicts during data synchronization according to an exemplary embodiment. Accordingly, such computer programs may represent controllers of the computer system 600, according to an exemplary embodiment.
In another exemplary embodiment, the invention may be directed to a computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having control logic (computer software) stored therein, according to an exemplary embodiment. The control logic, when executed by the processor(s) 602, may cause the processor 602 to perform the functions of the invention as described herein, according to an exemplary embodiment. In another exemplary embodiment where the invention may be implemented using software, the software may be stored in a computer program product and loaded into computer system 600 using, e.g., but not limited to, removable storage device and/or drive 608, 610, 612 or communications interface 622, 624, etc., according to an exemplary embodiment. The control logic (software), when executed by the processor 602, may cause the processor 602 to perform the functions of the invention as described herein, according to an exemplary embodiment. The computer software may run as a standalone software application program running atop an operating system, or may be integrated into the operating system, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Input and Output devices can include, e.g., but are not limited to, displays, touchscreens, touch enabled panels, LCD screens, OLED screens, flat panel, CRT, LED, and other well known monitors and displays including mobile based screens, foldable displays, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), holographic, projection based technologies, headset based, handheld, wearables, integrating sensing and tracking, LiDAR, and other sensing based systems, etc.
In yet another embodiment, the invention may be implemented primarily in hardware using, for example, but not limited to, hardware components such as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), programmable memory (EEPROMS), Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), specific hardware devices, and/or one or more state machines, etc., according to an exemplary embodiment. Implementation of the hardware state machine so as to perform the functions described herein will be apparent to persons skilled in the relevant art(s), according to an exemplary embodiment.
In another exemplary embodiment, the invention may be implemented primarily in firmware, according to an exemplary embodiment.
In yet another exemplary embodiment, the invention may be implemented using a combination of any of, e.g., but not limited to, hardware, firmware, and software, etc., according to an exemplary embodiment.
Exemplary embodiments of the invention may also be implemented as instructions stored on a machine-readable medium, which may be read and executed by a computing platform to perform the operations described herein, according to an exemplary embodiment. A machine-readable medium may include any mechanism for storing or transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., a computer), according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, a machine readable medium may include read only memory (ROM); random access memory (RAM); magnetic disk storage media; optical storage media; flash memory devices; electrical, optical, acoustical or other form of propagated signals (e.g., carrier waves, infrared signals, digital signals, etc.), and others, according to an exemplary embodiment.
According to an exemplary embodiment, the system can include location and/or position sensor(s) such as, e.g., but not limited to, location sensor 632, etc.
Exemplary wireless protocols and technologies used by a communications network may include BLUETOOTH or other short distance wireless, near field communications (NFC), general packet radio service (GPRS), cellular digital packet data (CDPD), mobile solutions platform (MSP), multimedia messaging (MMS), wireless application protocol (WAP), code division multiple access (CDMA), short message service (SMS), wireless markup language (WML), handheld device markup language (HDML), binary runtime environment for wireless (BREW), radio access network (RAN), and packet switched core networks (PS-CN). Also included are various generation wireless technologies. An exemplary non-inclusive list of primarily wireline protocols and technologies used by a communications network includes asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), enhanced interior gateway routing protocol (EIGRP), frame relay (FR), high-level data link control (HDLC), Internet control message protocol (ICMP), interior gateway routing protocol (IGRP), internetwork packet exchange (IPX), ISDN, point-to-point protocol (PPP), transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP), routing information protocol (RIP) and user datagram protocol (UDP). As skilled persons will recognize, any other known or anticipated wireless or wireline protocols and technologies can be used.
The embodiments may be employed across different generations of exemplary special purpose index construction wireless devices. This includes 1G-5G according to present paradigms. 1G refers to the first generation wide area wireless (WWAN) communications systems, dated in the 1970s and 1980s. These devices are analog, designed for voice transfer and circuit-switched, and include AMPS, NMT and TACS. 2G refers to second generation communications, dated in the 1990s, characterized as digital, capable of voice and data transfer, and include HSCSD, GSM, CDMA IS-95-A and D-AMPS (TDMA/IS-136). 2.5G refers to the generation of communications between 2G and 3 G. 3G refers to third generation communications systems recently coming into existence, characterized, for example, by data rates of 144 Kbps to over 2 Mbps (high speed), being packet-switched, and permitting multimedia content, including GPRS, 1.times.RTT, EDGE, HDR, W-CDMA. 4G refers to fourth generation and provides an end-to-end IP solution where voice, data and streamed multimedia can be served to users on an “anytime, anywhere” basis at higher data rates than previous generations, and will likely include a fully IP-based and integration of systems and network of networks achieved after convergence of wired and wireless networks, including computer, consumer electronics and communications, for providing 100 Mbit/s and 1 Gbit/s communications, with end-to-end quality of service and high security, including providing services anytime, anywhere, at affordable cost and one billing. 5G refers to fifth generation and provides a complete version to enable the true World Wide Wireless Web (WWWW), i.e., either Semantic Web or Web 3.0, for example. Advanced technologies may include intelligent antenna, radio frequency agileness and flexible modulation are required to optimize ad-hoc wireless networks.
Furthermore, the exemplary game system service provider processes and processors need not be located at the same physical locations. In other words, each processor can be executed at one or more geographically distant processor, over for example, a LAN or WAN connection. A great range of possibilities for practicing the exemplary special purpose unit/station interaction locking/unlocking, authentication and play management system embodiments may be employed, using different networking hardware and software configurations from the ones above mentioned. Although described with reference to an application server and/or a web-based browser-enabled environment, such as, e.g., but not limited to, a JAVA environment, the application could also be implemented in a client server architecture, or as a mobile based app running on iOS or Android, or the like, and can interact with a server of a entrepreneur game system service provider via communication network technology. Also, it is important to note that reference to an electronic network component, is not to require only electronic components, but could also integrate with other common networking equipment including, e.g., but not limited to, optical networking equipment, optical fiber, ATM, SONET, etc.
According to an exemplary embodiment, the application system can include an electronic decision support system (DSS) (not shown), which can interact, e.g., but not limited to, with computer database management system (DBMS), and/or electronic interactive, graphical user interface (GUI) system, according to an exemplary embodiment. Each of the exemplary DSS, DBMS and/or EIGUI system, can then, using e.g., but not limited to, a cryptographic processor and/or a crypto chip controller processor 630, or the like, can then encrypt the data using electronic encryptor, which can make use of one or more cryptographic algorithm electronic logic, which can include encryption code, a cryptographic combiner, etc., and may be stored in encrypted form, according to an exemplary embodiment, in a computer database storage facility, from computer database storage device, and from there the process can continue with use of the cryptographic algorithm electronic logic, and electronic decryptor, which can decrypt and/or provide a process for decrypting encrypted data, and/or by providing such data to the DSS, the DBMS 195, or the EIGUI, if authorized, according to an exemplary embodiment. By using encryption/decryption, certain algorithms can be used, as described above, including, e.g., but not limited to, checksum, AES encryption, RSA, PKI, TLS, FTPS, SFTP, etc. and/or other cryptographic algorithms and/or protocols, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Cryptographic Functions
Cryptographic systems, according to an exemplary embodiment, can provide one or more of the following four example services, according to an exemplary embodiment. It is important to distinguish between these, as some algorithms are more suited to particular tasks, but not to others. To protect patient data, personal data can be encrypted prior to storage and can be decrypted before accessing the data, according to an exemplary embodiment. When analyzing requirements and risks, one needs to decide which of the four functions should be used to protect the proprietary data, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Authentication
Using a cryptographic system, according to an exemplary embodiment, one can establish the identity of a remote user (or system), according to an exemplary embodiment. A typical example is the SSL certificate of a web server providing proof to the user device that user device is connected to the correct server, according to an exemplary embodiment.
The identity is not of the user, but of the cryptographic key of the user, according to an exemplary embodiment. Having a less secure key lowers the trust one can place on the identity, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Non-Repudiation
The concept of non-repudiation is particularly important for financial or e-commerce applications, according to an exemplary embodiment. Often, cryptographic tools are required to prove that a unique user has made a transaction request, according to an exemplary embodiment. It must not be possible for the user to refute his or her actions, according to an exemplary embodiment.
For example, a customer can request a transfer of money from her account to be paid to another account, according to an exemplary embodiment. Later, she claims never to have made the request and demands the money be refunded to the account. If one has non-repudiation through cryptography, one can prove—usually through digitally signing the transaction request, that the user authorized the transaction.
Confidentiality
More commonly, the biggest concern can be to keep information private, according to an exemplary embodiment. Cryptographic systems, according to an exemplary embodiment, have been developed to function in this capacity. Whether it be passwords sent during a log on process, or storing confidential proprietary financial data in a database, encryption can assure that only users who have access to the appropriate key can get access to the proprietary data.
Integrity
One can use cryptography, according to an exemplary embodiment, to provide a means to ensure data is not viewed or altered during storage or transmission, according to an exemplary embodiment. Cryptographic hashes for example, can safeguard data by providing a secure checksum, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Cryptographic Algorithms
Various types of cryptographic systems exist that have different strengths and weaknesses, according to an exemplary embodiment. Typically, the exemplary cryptographic systems can be divided into two classes; 1) those that are strong, but slow to run, and 2) those that are quick, but less secure, according to an exemplary embodiment. Most often a combination of the two approaches can be used, according to an exemplary embodiment (e.g.: secure socket layer (SSL)), whereby we establish the connection with a secure algorithm, and then if successful, encrypt the actual transmission with the weaker, but much faster algorithm, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Symmetric Cryptography
Symmetric Cryptography, according to an exemplary embodiment, is the most traditional form of cryptography, according to an exemplary embodiment. In a symmetric cryptosystem, the involved parties share a common secret (password, pass phrase, or key), according to an exemplary embodiment. Data can be encrypted and decrypted using the same key, according to an exemplary embodiment. These symmetric cryptography algorithms tend to be comparatively fast, but the algorithms cannot be used unless the involved parties have already exchanged keys, according to an exemplary embodiment. Any party possessing a specific key can create encrypted messages using that key as well as decrypt any messages encrypted with the key, according to an exemplary embodiment. In systems involving a number of users who each need to set up independent, secure communication channels, symmetric cryptosystems can have practical limitations due to the requirement to securely distribute and manage large numbers of keys, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Common examples of symmetric algorithms include, e.g., but not limited to, DES, 3DES and/or AES, etc., according to an exemplary embodiment. The 56-bit keys used in DES are short enough to be easily brute-forced by modern hardware and DES should no longer be used, according to an exemplary embodiment. Triple DES (or 3DES) uses the same algorithm, applied three times with different keys giving it an effective key length of 128 bits, according to an exemplary embodiment. Due to the problems using the DES algorithm, the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted a selection process for a new algorithm, according to an exemplary embodiment. The winning algorithm was Rijndael and the associated cryptosystem is now known as the Advanced Encryption Standard or AES, according to an exemplary embodiment. For most applications 3DES, according to an exemplary embodiment, is acceptably secure at the current time, but for most new applications it is advisable to use AES, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Asymmetric Cryptography (Also Called Public/Private Key Cryptography)
Asymmetric algorithms, according to an exemplary embodiment, use two keys, one to encrypt the data, and either key to decrypt. These inter-dependent keys are generated together, according to an exemplary embodiment. One key is labeled the Public key and is distributed freely, according to an exemplary embodiment. The other key is labeled the Private Key and must be kept hidden, according to an exemplary embodiment. Often referred to as Public/Private Key Cryptography, these cryptosystems can provide a number of different functions depending on how they are used, according to an exemplary embodiment.
The most common usage of asymmetric cryptography is to send messages with a guarantee of confidentiality, according to an exemplary embodiment. If User A wanted to send a message to User B, User A would get access to User B's publicly-available Public Key, according to an exemplary embodiment. The message is then encrypted with this key and sent to User B, according to an exemplary embodiment. Because of the cryptosystem's property that messages encoded with the Public Key of User B can only be decrypted with User B's Private Key, only User B can read the message, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Another usage scenario is one where User A wants to send User B a message and wants User B to have a guarantee that the message was sent by User A, according to an exemplary embodiment. In order to accomplish this, User A can encrypt the message with their Private Key, according to an exemplary embodiment. The message can then only be decrypted using User A's Public Key, according to an exemplary embodiment. This can guarantee that User A created the message because User A is then the only entity who had access to the Private Key required to create a message that can be decrypted by User A's Public Key, according to an exemplary embodiment. This is essentially a digital signature guaranteeing that the message was created by User A, according to an exemplary embodiment.
A Certificate Authority (CA), whose public certificates are installed with browsers or otherwise commonly available, may also digitally sign public keys or certificates, according to an exemplary embodiment. One can authenticate remote systems or users via a mutual trust of an issuing CA, according to an exemplary embodiment. One can trust their ‘root’ certificates, according to an exemplary embodiment, which in turn authenticates the public certificate presented by the server, according to an exemplary embodiment.
PGP and SSL are prime examples of systems implementing asymmetric cryptography, using RSA and/or other algorithms, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Hashes
Hash functions, according to an exemplary embodiment, take some data of an arbitrary length (and possibly a key or password) and generate a fixed-length hash based on this input, according to an exemplary embodiment. Hash functions used in cryptography have the property that it can be easy to calculate the hash, but difficult or impossible to re-generate the original input if only the hash value is known, according to an exemplary embodiment. In addition, hash functions useful for cryptography have the property that it is difficult to craft an initial input such that the hash will match a specific desired value, according to an exemplary embodiment.
MD5 and SHA-1 are common hashing algorithms, according to an exemplary embodiment. These algorithms are considered weak and are likely to be replaced in due time after a process similar to the AES selection, according to an exemplary embodiment. New applications should consider using SHA-256 instead of these weaker algorithms, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Key Exchange Algorithms
There are also key exchange algorithms (such as Diffie-Hellman for SSL), according to an exemplary embodiment. These key exchange algorithms can allow use to safely exchange encryption keys with an unknown party, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Algorithm Selection
As modern cryptography relies on being computationally expensive to break, according to an exemplary embodiment, specific standards can be set for key sizes that can provide assurance that with today's technology and understanding, it will take too long to decrypt a message by attempting all possible keys, according to an exemplary embodiment.
Therefore, we need to ensure that both the algorithm and the key size are taken into account when selecting an algorithm, according to an exemplary embodiment.
According to one exemplary embodiment, the stations can be placed outdoors. For example, the mobile stations can be configured to be anchored at particular locations, e.g., in an outdoor setting, such as, e.g., but not limited to, a public park, a private park, a university, a public area, a private area, a regional, state, county and/or national park, according to an exemplary embodiment.
According to an exemplary embodiment, authorized users can be managed via an electronic listing, and/or can allow for payment, and/or awards, etc. via an exemplary block chain and/or other ledger, and/or via electronic payment, and/or credit card and/or other mobile payment system, according to exemplary embodiments.
According to an exemplary embodiment, an exemplary user can carry a mobile device. The mobile device, according to an exemplary embodiment, may be a smart phone (e.g., but not limited to, an iPhone, Google phone, or other phones running an Android or other operating system, a Windows Mobile device, and/or other operating systems, according to an exemplary embodiment), a tablet computer (e.g., iPad, Galaxy Tab, tablet, phablet, smartphone), personal digital assistant (PDA), a notebook computer, personal computer (PC), communication, or computing device, and/or various other types of wireless or wired computing devices, according to an exemplary embodiment. It should be appreciated that the mobile device, according to an exemplary embodiment, may be referred to as a client device or a customer device without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. The mobile device, according to an exemplary embodiment, may have a camera. The mobile device, according to an exemplary embodiment, may communicate over a network or other communications network, such as, e.g., but not limited to, a wireless (e.g., WiFi, BLUETOOTH, and/or WiMax, etc.) and/or wired network, with a service provider or with a website serve, according to an exemplary embodiment. In one embodiment, the service provider, according to an exemplary embodiment, may act as an intermediary between the mobile device and a website server to facilitate user authentication by the website server, and/or other server such as, e.g., but not limited to, a content server.
The network, according to an exemplary embodiment, may be implemented as a single network or a combination of multiple networks, according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, in various embodiments, the network may include the Internet and/or one or more intranets, wireless networks (e.g., cellular, wide area network (WAN), WiFi hot spot, WiMax, personal area network (PAN), Bluetooth, etc.), landline networks and/or other appropriate types of communication networks, according to an exemplary embodiment. As such, in various embodiments, the mobile device may be associated with a particular link (e.g., a link, such as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to an IP (Internet Protocol) address, according to an exemplary embodiment).
The exemplary embodiment of the present invention makes reference to wired, or wireless networks. Wired networks include any of a wide variety of well known means for coupling voice and data communications devices together. A brief discussion of various exemplary wireless network technologies that may be used to implement the embodiments of the present invention now are discussed. The examples are non-limited. Exemplary wireless network types may include, e.g., but not limited to, code division multiple access (CDMA), spread spectrum wireless, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), 1G, 2G, 3G. 4G, 5G, 6G, 7G, 8G, nG wireless, Bluetooth, Infrared Data Association (IrDA), shared wireless access protocol (SWAP), “wireless fidelity” (Wi-Fi), WIMAX, and other IEEE standard 802.11-compliant wireless local area network (LAN), 802.16-compliant wide area network (WAN), and ultrawideband (UWB), etc.
BLUETOOTH is an emerging wireless technology promising to unify several wireless technologies for use in low power radio frequency (RF) networks.
IrDA is a standard method for devices to communicate using infrared light pulses, as promulgated by the Infrared Data Association from which the standard gets its name. Since IrDA devices use infrared light, they may depend on being in line of sight with each other.
The exemplary embodiments of the present invention may make reference to WLANs. Examples of a WLAN may include a shared wireless access protocol (SWAP) developed by Home radio frequency (Horn eRF), and wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), a derivative of WEE 802.11 advocated by the wireless ethernet compatibility alliance (WECA). The IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN standard refers to various technologies that adhere to one or more of various wireless LAN standards. An IEEE 802.11 compliant wireless LAN may comply with any of one or more of the various IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN standards including, e.g., but not limited to, wireless LANs compliant with WEE std. 802.11a, b, d or g, such as, e.g., but not limited to, IEEE std. 802.11 a, b, d and g, (including, e.g., but not limited to IEEE 802.11g-2003, etc.), 802.16, Wi-Max, etc.
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention can include a unit device such as, e.g., but not limited to, a laser tag gun as available, e.g., but not limited to, SKIRMOS. According to another exemplary embodiment, another laser tag gun can be used. According to another exemplary embodiment, a user can log in with a phone, and a GPS on the mobile device can be used to identify a nearest station and can provide a way to find the station. According to another exemplary embodiment, a monthly subscription service can be electronically set up, and can then allow for unlocking, and locking the user device from an exemplary skate of the exemplary station. According to another exemplary embodiment, the unit device can be charged by wireless charging. According to another exemplary embodiment, an RFD scanner can be placed on the station and an RFID tag can be placed on the unit device, to assist in recognizing the device. According to an exemplary embodiment, the station and/or the user device can include a LINUX operating system executing computing device. According to an exemplary embodiment, games can be pushed from the exemplary cell tower to the exemplary station or the exemplary unit device, via an exemplary GSM or other connection including wired or wireless communication methods. According to another exemplary embodiment, a station can support 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and/or more unit devices. According to another exemplary embodiment, a station can support up to 3 unit devices. According to another exemplary embodiment, a game engine can be provided. According to another exemplary embodiment, a device to device mesh network can be used as set forth in US Patent Publication 20160037469, the contents of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. According to another exemplary embodiment, a laser gun with infrared light and/or sensors can be provided. According to another exemplary embodiment, other wearable sensors can be used. According to another exemplary embodiment, a WIFI coupled Station can be used, which can be coupled to exemplary unit devices by WIFI, or another wireless protocol. According to another exemplary embodiment, an indoor sensor can be provided. According to another exemplary embodiment, an outdoor sensor can be provided. According to another exemplary embodiment, a hub which can be used indoor and/or outdoor can be provided. According to another exemplary embodiment, a dome sensor can be provided. According to another exemplary embodiment, unit devices can be capable of being coupled to the Internet for software changes and/or updates and/or downloads. According to another exemplary embodiment, the unit devices and/or the station(s) can be configured to be coupled to a mobile device, such as, e.g., but not limited to, a mobile device can be coupled to a device by an exemplary USB or other physical connection and/or wirelessly via an exemplary BLUETOOTH, NRF, Radio, IR, RF, WIFI and/or other wireless connection, can, e.g., but not limited to, provide for charging of the mobile device for a fee, and/or other complementary services, etc. According to another exemplary embodiment, a unit device can include an exemplary display screen (e.g., LCD), microphone and/or speaker(s), an exemplary scope, one or more colored LEDs, an exemplary USB or other data port, an exemplary printed circuit board (PCB), an exemplary microprocessor and/or microcontroller, and/or memory, an exemplary rumble motor or other haptic features, an exemplary trigger, and exemplary handle an exemplary barrel, an exemplary IR emitter LED for shooting, and/or an exemplary one or more, or a plurality of IR receivers/sensors, or exemplary five IR sensors, an exemplary radio antenna with an exemplary range of ½ mile, a mile, less, and/or more, etc., an exemplary power supply and/or energy storage device such as, e.g., but not limited to, a rechargeable lithium ion phosphate battery, and/or the like, an exemplary dimmable screen for saving battery, exemplary USB type B or type C, etc., an exemplary removable or nonremovable SD memory card, an exemplary optical lens and/or emitter LED, an exemplary keypad and/or D pad, and/or button like an Xbox, firestick remote, or the like, etc., other i/O, etc. According to another exemplary embodiment, a head up screen and/or augmented reality device can incorporated to provide an exemplary virtual reality and/or augmented and/or mixed reality experiences including, e.g., but not limited to, a Magic Leap 1, a Magic Leap 2, etc, Google Glass, an OCULUS, a HOLOLENS, an AZURE Kinect DK device, a Hololens 2 device, an Oculus RIFT, SAMSUNG GEAR, an Avegant Glyph AG101, an Acer Windows MR headset, a SAMSUNG Odyssey+ & Windows Mixed Reality VR headset, Samsung Odyssey, a Dell Visor, an HP Windows Mixed Reality device, incorporated into an exemplary laser tag experience. According to another exemplary embodiment, can include exemplary tennis ball like grenades with integrated sensors. According to another exemplary embodiment, exemplary drones can be exemplary unit devices. According to another exemplary embodiment, an exemplary drone with extensive sensors can be a roving target and/or hub and can allow users to play a game in concert with the exemplary drone, and the drone can include an exemplary controller coupled with it. According to another exemplary embodiment, a ceiling mounted dome can be provided for indoor play and/or collection of data from gameplay. According to another exemplary embodiment, more than one dome can be coupled to one another by exemplary wired and/or wireless communication.
Various exemplary embodiments of the invention are discussed in detail below. While specific exemplary embodiments are discussed herein, it should be understood that this is done for illustration purposes only. A person skilled in the relevant art will recognize that other components and configurations can be used without parting from the spirit and scope of the invention.
The present application is a US NonProvisional Application claiming the benefit under 35 USC Section 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/964,106, filed Jan. 21, 2020, the contents of all of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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