System and method for collaboration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9067142-B2
Application number	US-201313937092-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2013
Priority date	Jun 29, 2010
Publication date	Jun 30, 2015
Grant date	Jun 30, 2015

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for facilitating a shared activity conducted by multiple participants via remote devices, particularly when there are more players then available remote devices. For example, the shared activity may be users playing electronic versions of a variety of card games or board games (or other game types). Users interact with a central device and one or more remote devices. The central device may be used to present “public” information on a central game play field—such as a game board, draw and discard piles, place cards, current scores, whose turn it is, etc. And the remote devices are used to present “private” game information to individual players—such as a player's “hole cards” or letter tiles. Further, users may make game choices and provide game input by interacting with the handheld device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for facilitating a shared activity conducted via remote devices, comprising:
receiving an indication of a first count and a second count, wherein the first count indicates a number of users participating in the shared activity and wherein the second count indicates a number of remote devices, each having a touch screen display, available to the users;
receiving an indication specifying a first one of the remote devices is being used by a first one…

Assignees

• Disney Entpr Inc

Inventors

• Backer Jonathan
• Smith Thomas R

Classifications

• A63F2300/5533

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63F2300/69

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63F13/2145

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63F2300/204

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A63F2300/408

  Human Necessities · mapped topic