US 2021/0228988 A1Published application

Background process for importing real-world activity data into a location-based game

AssigneeNiantic, Inc.

InventorsPaul M. Franceus, Daphne Alesia Larose, Ethan Jacob Chan, Joshua Y. Tang, Sang-Min Park, Yuegang Mao, Rowan Rebholz Meara, Laura Mae Warner, Matthew Kiichi Slemon, James William Otermat

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Abstract

Events in an interactive application (e.g., a location-based parallel reality game) are triggered by a user's real-world activity meeting one or more criteria. A background process executing on the user's client device periodically extracts activity data from an activity monitoring application (e.g., a fitness application) and provides it to a server hosting the interactive application. The server determines whether received activity data triggers an event and, if so, sends a notification of the event to the client device.

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Dependent claims

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable computer code that, when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to perform operations comprising:

identifying, via a background process of a client device, that updated activity data describing real-world actions performed by a user of the client device is available from an activity monitoring application of the client device, the updated activity data derived from a sensor of the client device;
sending, via a network, a set of activity data of the updated activity data to the server that hosts the interactive application, the set of activity data usable for completing an objective in an interactive application hosted by a server;
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receiving, from the server, a notification of a virtual event within the interactive application, wherein the virtual event was triggered responsive to the set of activity data achieving the objective.

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A computer-implemented method for importing real-world activity data into an interactive application, the method comprising:

receiving, from a client device, activity data describing real-world actions performed by a user of the client device, wherein the activity data was retrieved from an activity monitoring application by a background process and was derived from a sensor of the client device;
determining the user has completed an objective using the activity data
initiating a virtual event in the interactive application corresponding to completion of the objective.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/228,285Filed 12 Apr 2021
Priority: 26 Jul 2019
Published: 29 Jul 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A63F 13/65
Generating or modifying game content before or while executing the game program, e.g. authoring tools specially adapted for game development or…:…
A61B 5/0022
Characterised by features of the telemetry system: monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
A61B 5/1118
Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb: determining activity level
A63F 13/216
Characterised by their sensors, purposes or types: using geographical information, e.g. location of the game device or player using GPS

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Application16/523,900Continuation in part · filed 26 Jul 2019
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