Background process for importing real-world activity data into a location-based game

US11007429B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Niantic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Paul M. Franceus · San Francisco, US
• Daphne Alesia Larose · Corona, US
• Ethan Jacob Chan · San Francisco, US
• Joshua Y. Tang · San Francisco, US
• Sang Min Park · Gwangju, KR
• Yuegang Mao · Auburn, US
• Rowan Rebholz Meara · Seattle, US
• Laura Mae Warner · Bellevue, US
• Matthew Kiichi Slemon · Bellevue, US
• James William Otermat · San Leandro, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 26, 2019
• Grant date: May 18, 2021
• Expiry date: Jul 26, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F13/65
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Events in an interactive application (e.g., a location-based parallel reality game) are triggered by a user's real-world activity meeting one or more criteria. A background process executing on the user's client device periodically extracts activity data from an activity monitoring application (e.g., a fitness application) and provides it to a server hosting the interactive application. The server determines whether received activity data triggers an event and, if so, sends a notification of the event to the client device.