Optimizing location-based mobile gaming applications

Abstract

A system and method for optimizing the process of position-determining to enhance performance of location-based mobile gaming applications. A position-determining module is provided that uses one or more of a number of position-determining methodologies to determine a player's real geographical position, which information is then used to influence the execution of the mobile-gaming application and, in a preferred embodiment, the method by which mobile-gaming data is transmitted to the player. The various position-determining methodologies may be used in isolation, with the game server determining which to use based on the particular application being executed, and on its execution state. They may also be used together and for greater accuracy combined according to a set of predefined criteria.

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