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US 11,229,845 B2Granted
GPS related video game
AssigneeActivision Publishing, Inc.
InventorPaul Reiche, III
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Abstract
A real world location information related video game. The video game utilizes real world location information derived from a player's mobile device to associate attributes and entities to game players. The associated attributes and entities may be useful in further game play on a player's mobile device or PC.
Claims12
A method for use with video game play in a video game, comprising:
- determining, by GPS circuitry of a mobile communication device, an indication of a location of the mobile communication device, the mobile communication device being associated with a game player;
- determining that a game character may be acquired at the location of the mobile communication device, based on information of game character/location associations accessible to a server;
- associating the game character, indicated by the information of game character/location associations, with the game player associated with the mobile communication device;
- providing video game play control, within the video game, to the game player associated with the mobile communication device of the game character;
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- employing the game character in the video game in a battle with at least one other game character, based on input to the mobile communication device provided by the game player.
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