Mapping real world actions to a virtual world associated with a location-based game
US9539498B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 31, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F13/65
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Computer-implemented methods and systems for mapping real world actions to a virtual world associated with a parallel reality game are provided. The virtual world has experiences that relate to real world actions. The method includes accessing a data source associated with one or more real world actions; and modifying game data associated with the parallel reality game to generate experiences in the virtual world based at least in part on the data associated with the one or more real world actions. Generating experiences in the virtual world based on data associated with real world actions improves the link between the parallel virtual world and the real world, enhancing illusion that the virtual world is another dimension of the real world that the player can interact with through the parallel reality game.
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