Community-integrated smart playground and method of its use
US10953333B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 2019 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2300/69
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Embodiments of a community-integrated smart playground of this disclosure and a method of its use include tracking geo-specific play data, populating a queue of digital notices, displaying one or more of the digital notices on a mobile device as a user plays on the playground and progresses through a virtual game dependent upon the playground activity, and producing revenue for the playground through the display or use of the digital notices. The playground includes at least one physical play structure containing a computer-readable identification tag, the at least one physical play structure representing a physical play activity. The virtual game may be non-analogous to the physical play but game progress is determined by the physical play. The system and method of its use may be executed by at least one mobile device having at least one microprocessor in network communication with the computer-readable identification tag and including associated software.
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