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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Alfred Leyland, Novato, CA (US);
I-Wei Huang, Dixon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/216 (2014.01); A63F 13/92 (2014.01); A63F 13/31 (2014.01); A63F 13/77 (2014.01); A63F 13/34 (2014.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); A63F 13/35 (2014.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G01S 19/48 (2010.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G01S 19/19 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/216 (2014.09); A63F 13/31 (2014.09); A63F 13/34 (2014.09); A63F 13/35 (2014.09); A63F 13/77 (2014.09); A63F 13/92 (2014.09); G01S 19/48 (2013.01); G07F 17/3218 (2013.01); G07F 17/3255 (2013.01); G07F 17/3281 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); A63F 2300/407 (2013.01); G01S 19/19 (2013.01); H04L 67/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A video game may utilize mobile device location information in providing game rewards for a video game to game players. In some embodiments the video game is played on the mobile device. In some embodiments the video game is played on a non-mobile device, for example a game console. In some embodiments the mobile device is a smart phone, and in some embodiments the mobile device is a simple near field communication device.