Location based gaming system

Number: 9802121
Published: 2017-10-31
Filed: 2013-09-26
Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Inventors: Ackley; Jonathan et al.
CPC: A63F13/30; A63F13/79; A63F13/332; A63F13/12; A63F13/216
Verdict: Set aside generic location-based gaming platform/business
Source: Google Patents · FreePatentsOnline

Abstract

The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems forproviding an interactive experience to game participants.

Background

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES(1) Non-limiting and non-exhaustive embodiments will be described with reference to the following figures, wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the various figures unless otherwise specified.(2) FIGS. 1A and 1B comprise a schematic diagram of a system to provide an interactive gaming experience to game participants according to an embodiment.(3) FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram illustrating determination of a location of a mobile device in an interactive gaining environment according to an embodiment.(4) FIG. 2B is a schematic diagram illustrating an energizer/reader pair for use in semi-active detection of a radio frequency identification (RFID) device.(5) FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram illustrating an architecture of software hosted on a computing platform of a mobile device for communicating with a game server according to an embodiment.(6) FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram illustrating an architecture of software hosted on a game server for communicating with elements of an interactive gaming system according to an embodiment.(7) FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating interactions among software components relating to a game server according to an embodiment.(8) FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating interactions among software components relating to amobile device to provide a gaming experience to a game participant according to an embodiment.(9) FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating interactions among so

Claims

1. An interactive gaming system comprising: a mobile telephone that is co-located with a game participant and advances a game state associated with the game participant; an RFID tag that is co-locatedwith the mobile telephone and/or the game participant, the RFID tag being distinct from the mobile telephone; an interactive game installation that provides a game experience; anda server that determines a location of the mobile telephone and/or the game participant, based upon the RFID tag, and sends a command to the interactive game installation to provide the game experience to the game participant based, at least in part, upon compatibilityof the game experience with the game state associated with the game participant and the location of the mobile telephone and/or the game participant. 13. An interactive gaming system comprising: a mobile telephone that is co-located with a game participant and advancesa game state associated with the game participant; an RFID tag that is co-located with the mobile telephone and/or the game participant, the RFID tag being distinct from the mobile telephone; an interactive game installation that provides a game experience; and a location server that determines a location of the mobile telephone and/or the game participant,based upon the RFID tag; a game server that receives a game state associated with the game participant from the mobile telephone, receives the location from the location server, and sends a command to the interactive game installation to provide the game experience to the game participant based, at least in part, upon compatibility of the game experience with the game state and the location of the mobile telephone and/or the game participant.