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US 8,947,535 B2Granted
Transaction management for racing entertainment
OwnerTakayuki Arimainventor
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Abstract
A system and method are provided to perform operations for racing entertainment, including providing each of multiple racers with a device to capture images and sounds as perceived by the racer during a race, obtaining information pertaining to each of multiple users such as account information and selection of a racer whom the user wants to got connection with, managing transactions, processing the images and sounds, and transmitting the processed images and sounds from the racer to a client terminal of the user who selected the racer. The present system and method may be configured to allow users to play a racing game based on the captured images and sounds by actual racers.
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A method of providing racing entertainment, comprising:
- providing each of a plurality of racers with one or more devices to capture images at sounds as perceived by the racer during a race;
- obtaining information pertaining to each of a plurality of users, including account information and selection of a racer whom the user wants to get connection with;
- managing transactions;
- processing the images and sounds;
- and
- transmitting the images and sounds from the racer to a client terminal of the user who selected the racer, enabling the user to virtually experience the race as if the user is participating in the race as the selected racer, wherein
- the managing transactions comprises:
- calculating the number of users who selected each racer to obtain connection share;
- distributing points to the plurality of users according to point distribution rules predetermined based on the connection share and a race result;
- allowing the plurality of users to redeem the points with goods or services;
- and
- giving bonuses or awards to the plurality of racers based on the connection share.
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A system comprising:
- a receiver for receiving images and sounds captured by one or more devices coupled to each of a plurality of racers in a race;
- an image and sound processing module for processing the received images and sounds;
- and
- a transaction module configured to conduct transactions associated with the race and obtain information pertaining to each of a plurality of users, including account information, and further configured to receive selection of a racer whom the user wants to get connection with and transmit the images and sounds from the racer to a client terminal of the user who selected the racer, enabling the user to virtually experience the race as if the user is participating in the race as the selected racer, wherein
- the transaction module is further configured to perform operations comprising:
- calculating the number of users who selected each racer to obtain connection share;
- distributing points to the plurality of users according to point distribution rules redetermined based on the connection share and a race result;
- allowing the plurality of users to redeem the points with goods or services;
- and
- giving bonuses or awards to the plurality of racers based on the connection share.
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A method of providing racing entertainment, comprising:
- providing each of a plurality of racers with one or more devices to capture images and sounds as perceived by each racer during a race;
- obtaining information pertaining to each of a plurality of users, the information including account information;
- managing transactions;
- receiving the images and sounds;
- and
- allowing the plurality of users to play a racing game, wherein the racing game is configured to reproduce on a client terminal of the user the images and sounds captured by one of the plurality of racers, or processed images and sounds that are generated by modifying the images and sounds captured by at least one of the plurality of racers, to display the actual images and sounds of the race from a virtual racer's perspective, the virtual racer representing participation of the user in the race, wherein
- the racing game is configured to be played by running an application coupled to a client terminal of a user, the application being a computer program comprising instructions for performing:
- obtaining parameters inputted by a user who chose to play the racing game,
- determining based on the parameters a position of the virtual racer with respect to the plurality of racers during the race;
- reproducing on the client terminal of the user the images and sounds captured by one of the plurality of racers or the processed images and sounds that are generated by modifying the images and sounds captured by at least one of the plurality of racers, depending on the position of the virtual racer;
- and
- ending the racing game when the race ends or one of predetermined criteria for game-over is met.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.