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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2004
Kurt Brooks Uhlir, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher Dougherty, Highland Park, IL (US);
Michael V. Shuman, Chicago, IL (US);
Roy Casino, Mundelein, IL (US);
Kurt Brooks Uhlir, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher Dougherty, Highland Park, IL (US);
Michael V. Shuman, Chicago, IL (US);
Roy Casino, Mundelein, IL (US);
Navteq North America, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A computer game depicts or represents actual or imaginary geographic locales as part of the play scenarios of the games. The computer game uses a map database that contains data that represent geographic features, such as roads, in a locale. A game engine program presents a game play scenario to a user via a user interface of the game. An application programming interface program accepts requests for data from the game engine program, accesses data from the map database, and provides the data in a suitable format to the game engine program for use in presenting the game scenario to the user.