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Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021

Filed:

May. 22, 2018
Applicants:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Culver City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kaigani Turner, Culver City, CA (US);

Aaron Goldstein, Culver City, CA (US);

Jason Leung, Culver City, CA (US);

Assignees:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Culver City, CA (US);

Crackle, Inc., Culver City, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/47 (2014.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A63F 13/792 (2014.01); A63F 13/69 (2014.01); G07C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/47 (2014.09); A63F 13/69 (2014.09); A63F 13/792 (2014.09); G06K 9/00671 (2013.01); A63F 2300/8082 (2013.01); G07C 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Generating an alternate reality game (ARG) using an augmented reality (AR) application, including: granting crypto-currency tokens to a player when the ARG is started by the player; enabling the player to find clues, discover objects, and interact with characters by presenting, to the player, a surrounding environment layered into a view of the AR application; determining whether the player has reached a decision point of a branching narrative; and enabling the player to send the crypto-currency tokens from the AR application to an intended destination when the decision point is reached.


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