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Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yutaka Yokokawa, Belmont, CA (US);

Jorge Arroyo Palacios, Livermore, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/67 (2014.01); A63F 13/798 (2014.01); A63F 13/216 (2014.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63F 13/847 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/67 (2014.09); A63B 24/0084 (2013.01); A63F 13/216 (2014.09); A63F 13/798 (2014.09); A63F 13/847 (2014.09); A63F 2300/205 (2013.01); A63F 2300/6027 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for dynamic adjustment of interactive game play includes identifying a game session for a game played between first and second players, with the first and second players being connected from geographic locations having first and second elevations, respectively. The method also includes determining an objective in the game that the first and second players are predicted to achieve, and identifying a first path to be traversed by the first player to reach the objective in the game and identifying a second path to be traversed by the second player to reach the objective in the game. Each of the first and second paths includes a respective plurality of game actions to be accomplished by the first and second players. The method further includes adjusting a physical activity rating of select ones of the respective plurality of game actions based on a difference between the first and second elevations.


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