Rewritable Memory Toy for Persistent Video Game Character Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Video games lack a physical component that allows players to interact with representative objects, creating a distinct separation between the game world and the real world, limiting the immersive experience.
Innovation Solution
A video game system that includes a toy with rewritable data storage, allowing it to store and retrieve information about characters encountered or defeated during gameplay, enabling their reuse in subsequent sessions, and allowing communication with a gaming platform via wired or wireless methods like NFC, RFID, or Bluetooth.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If video games are provided by way of an electronic device and associated display, then the game play experience is delivered, but the physical component allowing players to touch and hold representative objects is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a physical intermediary device (toy/figure) that serves as a mediator between the player and the video game system. This toy contains a rewritable memory device that can store and retrieve game-related information, allowing players to physically hold and interact with representative objects while maintaining connection to the digital game world through data exchange.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates physical copies (toys/figures) that represent virtual game characters or objects. These physical copies contain memory devices that store data about their virtual counterparts, enabling players to interact with physical representations that are linked to the digital game environment, thus bridging the gap between physical and virtual worlds.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a separation exists between the game play world and the real world, then the game can be played, but the immersive experience is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-programming the toy with a rewritable memory device that is ready to store game-related information before gameplay begins. The memory device is prepared in advance to capture and retain data about characters, events, or achievements, enabling seamless integration between physical toys and digital game progress without requiring real-time complex processing during play.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent establishes a feedback loop where the physical toy's memory device continuously exchanges information with the video game system. Game events are captured and stored in the toy's memory, which then reflects the current state of the virtual world, providing players with tangible feedback about their gaming progress and enabling them to physically manifest their virtual achievements.
3Reliability
If characters encountered or defeated during game play are not stored, then the game can proceed, but character reuse in subsequent sessions is not enabled
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by equipping the physical toy with its own rewritable memory device that autonomously stores and retrieves character data. The toy independently maintains information about encountered or defeated characters without requiring constant external storage infrastructure, enabling persistent character data storage and reuse across multiple gaming sessions through the toy's own memory capabilities.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention disclosed herein relates to a video game system comprising a video game console and an object or toy used in connection with the video game console, wherein the object or toy has a rewritable data storage device, and wherein the video game console stores information in the rewritable data storage device in response to game play events occurring in a first gaming session. The stored information is subsequently retrieved by the video game console in a second gaming session, and the retrieved information is used to conduct the game play of the second gaming session.