Virtual and real-world content creation, apparatus, systems, and methods

US12179091B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NANTMOBILE, LLC · US

Inventors

• Shawn Semler Anderson · San Diego, US
• Matthew Wayne Geer · Escondido, US
• Jesse William Snyder · San Diego, US
• Michael E. Madden, III · Seattle, US
• John Wiacek · Los Angeles, US
• Jake Fyfe · Los Angeles, US
• Nicholas J. Witchey · Laguna Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 21, 2020
• Grant date: Dec 31, 2024
• Expiry date: Apr 3, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2300/8005
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to apparatus, systems, and methods to allow a user to create virtual and real-world game content to provide players with physically engaging virtual content that is anchored to real-world locations. A content creator is provided a set of “drag-n-drop” modular assets (e.g., encounter tiles, content tiles, creatures, chests, rooms, vehicles, etc.) that can be aggregated together to form a complete content set (e.g., a dungeon, level, puzzle, etc.) through which a player is able to engage the game via the real-world. Each individual modular asset may include a set of in-game challenge criteria that must be satisfied to complete an in-game challenge associated with the asset.