Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mobile maps connected to augmented reality games via linket
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Application No.: US15330744Application Date: 2016-11-02
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Publication No.: US10673924B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Wesley John Boudville
- Applicant: Wesley John Boudville
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L29/06 ; H04W64/00 ; H04L12/58 ; G06Q30/02 ; A63F13/828 ; G07F17/32 ; A63F13/61 ; A63F13/25

Abstract:
The invention combines eSports and mobile Augmented Reality games. A mobile device runs a map. The map shows linkets for Non Player Characters and human players in AR games. Linkets can move on the map. If the user picks a linket, the game is downloaded and run. She becomes a spectator by seeing the Point of View or similar information of the NPC or human. She can meet a nearby human player. Increases social networking appeal of the game. The game can show ads. Having the game installed increases odds that the spectator becomes an active player. The map auctions linket locations and time slots to game companies or others. A winner can resell rights to a location, including subdividing the timeslot. Game companies get more downloads. The map gets user habits from an Intelligent Agent on the mobile device, to decide what linkets to show. When a user gets a route on the map, linkets appear on the route, increasing chances that she will pick a linket and play the game. A ride sharing app shows a map. A user uses the app to get a ride. The app shows linkets in the map. The app knows that the user is not driving a car. Playing the linket game is safer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180124148A1 Mobile maps connected to augmented reality games via linket Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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