Personal items network, and associated methods
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsCurtis A. Vock, Burl W. Amsbury, Paul Jonjak, Adrian F. Larkin, Perry Youngs
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Abstract
A personal items network, comprising a plurality of items, each item having a wireless communications port for coupling in network with every other item, each item having a processor for determining if any other item in the network is no longer linked to the item, each item having an indicator for informing a user that an item has left the network, wherein a user may locate lost items. A method for locating lost personal items, comprising: linking at least two personal items together on a network; and depositing one or both of time and location information in an unlost item when one of the items is lost out of network.
Claims18
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A method for operating a virtual competition, the method comprising:
- receiving real performance data indicative of real performance metrics indicative of physical activity;
- associating an identification code to the received real performance data, wherein the identification code is associated with a particular participant;
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- adjusting the virtual competition associated with the particular participant based on the received real performance data associated with the identification code associated with the particular participant.
A method comprising:
- receiving performance metric data during a real-life performance of a physical activity;
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- setting at least one control parameter of a virtual game based on the received performance metric data.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable instructions recorded thereon for:
- accessing physical performance data sensed during real-life performance of a physical activity, wherein the physical performance data is associated with a player identification code;
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- modifying an ability of a game character in a virtual game based on the accessed physical performance data, wherein the game character is associated with the player identification code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.