Digital Game Piece Assembly

Abstract

A digital game piece assembly includes a plurality of handheld display units usable in lieu of game pieces and game spaces such as puzzles, pictures, puzzle pieces, dominoes, tiles, playing cards, interactive boards, and other game pieces and game spaces. The plurality of display units includes writable memory wherein an overall image or file is uploadable for execution or display as an individual host images or files displayable on each of the display units participating in the plurality. The host images or files may correspond to portions of the overall image or file, or individual game pieces required of a particular game, such as dominoes, tiles, or cards. Relative position of each of the display units is determinable whereby sorting and sequencing game play upon the display units may trigger execution of other host images or files.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A digital game piece assembly apparatus comprising:
 a plurality of display units, each one of said plurality of display units sized for manipulation in hand of a user, each one of said plurality of display units comprising:
 an obverse surface having a touchscreen; 
 a reverse surface; 
 a writeable memory partitionable with reference to each one of the plurality of display units wherein a unique value is assignable to each of the display units participating in the plurality that enables display of a host image or file as a relative portion of an overall image or file synced between all other ones of the display units participating in the plurality whereby a single image, graphic, or video file is executable as a mosaic displayed by all display units participating in the plurality; and 
   a charging station configured to operationally communicate with each of the plurality of display units;   wherein each of the plurality of display units is storable in contact with the charging station and wherein each of the plurality of display units is programmable to display the host image or file irrespective of the position each of the plurality of display units occupies relative to all other ones of the display units participating in the plurality whereby situating each of the display units participating in the plurality into a certain arrangement or sequence assembles or sequences the overall image or file congruently.   
     
     
         2 . The digital game piece assembly of  claim 1  wherein the overall image or file is uploadable to the participating plurality of display units when the participating plurality of display units is operatively coupled to the charging station. 
     
     
         3 . The digital game piece assembly of  claim 1  wherein each of the plurality of display units includes a transceiver whereby the overall image or file is wirelessly uploadable to the participating plurality of display units directly. 
     
     
         4 . The digital game piece assembly of  claim 2  wherein the charging station is connectable in operational communication with an existing peripheral device. 
     
     
         5 . The digital game piece assembly of  claim 3  wherein the plurality of display units is wirelessly connectable in operational communication with an existing peripheral device. 
     
     
         6 . The digital game piece assembly of  claim 5  wherein each one of the plurality of participating display units is wirelessly networked with all other display units participating in the plurality, whereby entry of a command by a user can rearrange the host images or files to scramble, re-scramble, or unscramble the overall image or file. 
     
     
         7 . The digital game piece assembly of  claim 6  wherein each of the plurality of display units further comprises:
 at least one magnet disposed upon the contact perimeter whereby each of the plurality of display units is contactable together on contact with the contact perimeter by action of the magnetic force. 
 
     
     
         8 . A handheld, manually interactive digital game piece assembly apparatus comprising:
 a plurality of display units, each one of said plurality of display units sized for manipulation in hand of a user, each one of said plurality of display units comprising:
 an obverse surface having a touchscreen; 
 a reverse surface; 
 a contact perimeter enabling sensation of proximity of all other display units participating in the plurality wherein a relative position of each one of said plurality of display units is determinable; 
 a writeable memory partitionable with reference to each one of said plurality of display units wherein an overall image is uploadable to the plurality of display units, a unique value is assignable to each of the display units participating in the plurality, and each one of the plurality of display units executes a host image or file as a unique value in relative proportion of the overall image or file, whereby a single image, graphic, or file is executable and displayed in piecemeal as individual host images or files on each of the display units participating in the plurality; and 
   a charging station configured to operationally communicate with each of the plurality of display units;   wherein each of the plurality of display units is storable in contact with the charging station and wherein each of the plurality of display units is programmable to display the host image or file irrespective of the position each of the plurality of display units occupies relative to all other ones of the display units participating in the plurality whereby situating each of the display units participating in the plurality into a certain arrangement or sequence assembles or sequences the overall image or file congruently.   
     
     
         9 . The digital game piece assembly apparatus of  claim 8  wherein the contact perimeter triggers execution of other host images or files in response to a particular position the plurality of display units is sensed to occupy or a particular sequence the plurality of display units is sensed to eventualize. 
     
     
         10 . The digital game piece assembly apparatus of  claim 9  wherein the physical arrangement of the plurality of display units instantiates a virtual space wherein gameplay may be perceptibly represented.