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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2018
Niantic, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Tatsuo Nomura, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dennis Hwang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward Wu, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kevin Doo, Seattle, WA (US);
Naoyuki Ishitsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Calin Matney, Duvall, WA (US);
David Hollin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Niantic, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A shared virtual experience is provided to players of a location-based game. The virtual location of a player in the game is based on the real world location of the player's client device. If a player's location in the game is within an interaction distance of a virtual element, in indication that a shared virtual experience is available may be provided. Player input is received requesting participation in the shared virtual experience and the player is added to a lobby including a specified start time. At the specified time, the shared virtual experience begins and includes interaction with other players who were in the lobby. An update to game data is sent based on an outcome of the shared virtual experience.