ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,686, issued on April 29.
"Multidimensional sports system" was invented by Carrick J. Pierce (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multidimensional sports system for playing a multidimensional sports game having a physical component played by physical players manipulating a movable game object within a physical playing area, and a virtual component played by virtual game users within a virtual game space inside a virtual competitive game. The multidimensional sports system comprises an interactive game portal with a physical portal boundary and a sensor, a game host device for implementing the virtual competitive game, and a game ...