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TITLE OF THE INVENTION
AN ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND DEVICE
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a National Stage of International Application No.
PCT/IB2010/003514, filed December 23, 2010, which claims priority to U.S.
Provisional
Application No. 61/289,670, filed December 23, 2009, both of which are
incorporated herein
by reference in their entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A variety of devices simulating sexual intercourse and other kinds of
sexual
stimulation is available on the market: vibrating dildos and artificial
vaginas, sex dolls with
mechanical capabilities, etc.
[ 0 0 0 3 ] The present invention relates to using computer networks (such as
Internet) for
providing and delivering sexual and erotic experiences similar to the
experiences provided by
the aforementioned devices.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] The system comprises at least one console comprising a network
interface
capable of sending and receiving commands and information over a computer
network; a
memory unit storing user's preferences; attachments comprising at least one
sex toy; a
transceiver for communicating with the attachments; a controller connected
with the network
interface, the memory unit, and the transceiver.
[00051 The system may further comprise a central server communicating with the
consoles to establish user sessions. The attachments may comprise a wireless
dildo; a wired
dildo; a wireless artificial vagina; a wired artificial vagina; a projector; a
sensor; a helmet; a
patch; and/or a base for installing other attachments.
[00061 The above and other features of the invention including various novel
details of
construction and combinations of parts, and other advantages, will now be more
particularly
described with reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the
claims. It will
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be understood that the particular method and device embodying the invention
are shown by
way of illustration and not as a limitation of the invention. The principles
and features of this
invention may be employed in various and numerous embodiments without
departing from
the scope of the invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[00071 In the accompanying drawings, reference characters refer to the same
parts
throughout the different views. The drawings are not necessarily to scale;
emphasis has
instead been placed upon illustrating the principles of the invention. Of the
drawings:
[00081 Fig. 1 shows the consoles with various attachments connected to the
network via
personal computers and a mobile phone and communicating with the server.
[00091 Fig. 2 shows a console.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[00101 The present system permits erotic and sexual interactions between two
or more
users over computer networks using the consoles described below.
[00111 These uses may form a club for remote sexual interactions (involving
two or
more participants) in real time or using stored data.
[00121 The participants may have one or more alter egos (avatars) in this
club.
[00131 The system as shown in Fig. 1 uses a console with console attachments
controlled by a controller in the console. The console, shown in Fig. 2, in
addition to the
controller, comprises a transceiver for communicating with attachments, a
memory unit, an
indicator to show the console's status, and a keyboard for entering data. The
network
interface of the console allows connecting to a network computer, mobile phone
connected to
a computer network, or directly to a computer network. The controller may be
capable of
storing individual settings for each attachment.
[00141 The console attachments may include any variety of sex toys capable of
being
controlled by the controller, such as active sex toys with independent power
supply and
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wireless remote control for stimulating a variety of body parts of males and
females in a
variety of ways.
[00151 Another type of console attachment is a base in a shape of a lounger, a
bed, or a
human body to which sex toys may be installed. This base may be adjusted for
size, physical
capabilities and sexual preferences of its user. A user may use several bases
simultaneously,
for example, for simultaneous simulation of oral, vaginal, and anal sex. The
base may be
made adjustable so that the use may adjust the angle, strength, depth, and
frequency of
vibration or penetration. The base may include blocks of elements, such as an
anal-vaginal
block with separate actuators for anal and vaginal stimulation or simulation.
[00161 The sex toys may be installed on the base, attached to the body, or
held by the
user.
[00171 Each sex toy may have several settings controlling its actions
(gradually or not)
and each setting may be actuated by the controller and/or adjusted by the
user. The
information about the presets may be stored in the console's memory.
[00181 A sex toy may be controlled solely by its user alone without
interacting with
other users of the system. A sex toy may also be controlled by a remote user
through a
computer network.
(00191 A sex toy's dynamics may also be coordinated with the dynamics of
another sex
toy of another user. A user may send a synchronizing signal to his or her sex
toy and a
corresponding sex toy of his or her partner gets activated. Or a user (through
his or her
console) may send a signal to the partner's console and the corresponding
user's sex toy gets
activated.
[002 01 Another kind of console attachments, referred to as miscellaneous
attachments,
includes devices for providing tactile, physical, psychological, visual,
sound, light and other
effects for the user. They may include projectors, generators, sensors,
helmets, patches, and
wearable devices. These devices may be controlled in the system in the same
way as the sex
toy attachments.
[00211 The computer and gaming consoles may incorporate web cameras,
microphones,
and sound devices.
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[0022] The console sends control signals to the attachments and communicates
with a
computer, gaming device, another network device, or directly to the network.
The commands
to the miscellaneous attachments may arrive to the console from the user, or
his computer
communicating with other consoles of the club members.
[0023] For communicating with attachments, computers, and cell phones, the
console
may use wired communications as well as wireless communications (Bluetooth, Wi-
Fi,
WiMAX, radio communication, etc.) The console may include graphic user
interface, which
may provide visual status for console attachments used in the session.
[00241 A console has a learning mode, wherein the drivers and settings for the
attachments are determined and preferences are set. The drivers may be
provided by the
central server. In the learning mode, the correspondence between keys on the
console and the
attachment functions is established.
[002 51 A console also has a work mode wherein the central server sends
control signals
to the console. A console also has an autonomous mode wherein all control over
the
attachments is provided through the console's interface, which includes for
example,
keyboard and a screen.
[00261 The consoles are used as a part of the network system which includes a
central
server maintaining a list of users, providing billing, establishing sessions
between consoles,
sending signals to attachments through the consoles using a network protocol
for
communications between the central server and the consoles of the club
members. The
central server may also provide language assistance to club members using
different
languages.
[ 002 71 The system functions as a sex club for members using the consoles.
The users
may advertise to other users their availability for a session using a club's
bulletin board, to
ask for permission to participate in existing sessions, to watch ongoing
sessions as a
spectator, to offer oneself as a "sex slave", or hire a "sex slave". This
participation may be on
behalf of the user himself or on behalf of the user's avatar.
[00281 The sessions may be one-on-one active sessions, group, one-on-one
mater/slave
sessions, or passive sessions where one of the participants is a spectator.
The availability and
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participation of users in the sessions may be determined by the users
according to their
conditions and preferences and also depending on the capabilities of their
consoles.
[ 002 91 Before initiating a session the users would send (via their consoles)
the
parameters of the session in which they would want to participate. The central
server would
send appropriate settings to the consoles (to set the attachments mode) and
perform the
necessary billing and registration operations.
[00301 Mutual active one-on-one sessions would permit the participants (of the
same or
of the opposite sexes) to experience remote sex using the console attachments.
The roles
would be determined by the participants in advance, including determining who
of the
participants would be an active participant and who would be a passive
participant. The
active participant would set the initial control signals for the attachments
of the participants.
Each console may function in the active mode (sending control signals) and in
the passive
mode (receiving control signals) simultaneously.
[00311 Therefore, three situations are possible: (a) an attachment is not
synchronized
with any other participant, and the user controls the attachment himself, (b)
one active user
controls the attachment on the console belonging to another passive user, or
(c) the console
attachments of both users are synchronized and the active user sets their
modes. The variant
(c) permits two realizations: the active user sends a signal to his own
console attachment and
the passive partner's console attachment receives a synchronizing signal or
the active user
sends a control signal to the console of the partner and receives a response
signal to his
console attachment.
[0032] The commands are sent as following:
[ 00331 In the (b) mode the active user sends a command to control the
dynamics of the
devices belonging to the passive user. This signal from the console belonging
to the active
user is sent to his computer and then, through the computer network and the
central server to
the passive user's computer, then to the passive user's console, and finally
to the console
attachment.
[0034] In the (c) mode the active user uses his console to send control signal
to two
synchronized devices (his own and his partner's) simultaneously. The partner's
console and
both computers serve as re-translators and transmitters of the initial control
signal. The video
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and audio link may be established between the partners as well. The
synchronization would
permit for example coordination of dildo dynamics for one user and the
dynamics of artificial
vagina for another user. In "open" sessions other users may participate as
spectators or
observers.
[0035] The group sessions are similar to one-on-one sessions but allow a
plurality of
participants who may join or disconnect from the session at the time of their
choosing. The
users would inform other participants in the group session regarding
availability of their
console attachment for remote control and synchronization. Some of the
participants may be
paid actors.
[00361 The users may also create avatars on the central server so that other
users may
enjoy virtual sex with the avatars. The group sessions may be joined by
avatars as well as by
real persons.
[0037] The session of a real user or of an avatar may be recorded for delayed
use.
[0038] While this invention has been particularly shown and described with
references
to preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in
the art that various
changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the
scope of the
invention encompassed by the appended claims.
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