US 8,506,404 B2Granted

Wireless gaming method and wireless gaming-enabled mobile terminal

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsIsrael Distanik, Eli Ben-Ami, Yael Dror, Kim Michael Lee, Asaf Barzilay, Eyal Sadeh, Amir Primov, Nitsan Goren, Natan Linder, Ehud Lavski

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Abstract

A wireless gaming method and wireless gaming-enabled mobile terminal are provided for enabling a number of players to participate simultaneously in a game using their mobile terminals. A wireless gaming method of the present invention includes inviting, if a multi-player gaming mode for a game is activated, at least one counterpart terminal on a short range wireless communication network by transmitting a multi-player gaming mode request message; synchronizing, if an acknowledge message is received in response to the multi-player gaming mode request message, game data with the counterpart terminal transmitted the acknowledge message; and generating a game screen with an image taken by the camera as a background image after the game is synchronized; and starting the game with the game screen.

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Dependent claims

A wireless gaming method for a mobile terminal having a camera, comprising:

inviting at least one counterpart terminal on a short range wireless communication network by transmitting a multi-player gaming mode request message, when a multi-player gaming mode for a game is activated;
synchronizing game data with the counterpart terminal transmitting an acknowledge message, when an acknowledge message is received in response to the multi-player gaming mode request message;
generating a game screen with a real image taken by the camera as a background image after the game is synchronized;
starting the game with the generated game screen;
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exchanging game data generated during the game with the at least one counterpart terminal, wherein said exchanging game data with the at least one counterpart terminal comprises correcting drifts due to errors accumulated in camera navigation between players, said correcting drifts being performed by recalculating the mobile terminal positions according to graphic data anchored to references in said background image.

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