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US 10,881,963 B2Granted
Location based reward distribution system
AssigneeDisney Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsDerek Dutilly, Michael Jacob, Greg McBride
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention broadly contemplate a location based rewards distribution system. Various embodiments of the invention provide rewards, for example video game unlock codes, based on a user physically visiting a specific physical location.
Claims20
A system configured to provide location-based rewards for users of a virtual world, the system comprising:
- one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
- store user accounts for the users of the virtual world in a virtual world server, the users utilizing physical objects to obtain the location-based rewards in the virtual world, individual physical objects having individual unique identifications, the virtual world being accessible to individual users via individual user devices, individual user accounts including identifications of the individual physical objects associated with the individual user accounts, the individual user devices associated with the individual user accounts, and one or more of the location-based rewards credited to the individual user accounts;
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- responsive to obtaining indications of the individual physical objects being physically present at one or more physical locations, transmit individual rewards to the individual user devices for storage on the individual user devices and credit the individual user accounts with the individual rewards, the individual rewards being accessible to the individual users from the individual user devices storing the individual rewards and the individual user accounts to which the individual rewards are credited.
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A method to provide location-based rewards for users of a virtual world, the method being implemented in a system comprising one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:
- storing user accounts for the users of the virtual world in a virtual world server, the users utilizing physical objects to obtain the location-based rewards in the virtual world, individual physical objects having individual unique identifications, the virtual world being accessible to individual users via individual user devices, individual user accounts including identifications of the individual physical objects associated with the individual user accounts, the individual user devices associated with the individual user accounts, and one or more of the location-based rewards credited to the individual user accounts;
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- responsive to obtaining indications of the individual physical objects being physically present at one or more physical locations, transmitting individual rewards to the individual user devices for storage on the individual user devices and crediting the individual user accounts stored in the virtual world server with the individual rewards, the individual rewards being accessible to the individual users from the individual user devices storing the individual rewards and the individual user accounts to which the individual rewards are credited.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.