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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
Niantic, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
David Kornmann, Tucson, AZ (US);
Alexander Vladimirov, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chris Hibbert, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jim Wang, Brisbane, CA (US);
Charles Spirakis, Los Altos, CA (US);
John Hanke, Piedmont, CA (US);
Niantic, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A parallel reality game has a virtual world that parallels at least a portion of the real world. A captured region is identified within the virtual world that is associated with a team within the parallel reality game. A geographic region is identified within the real world corresponding to the captured region within the virtual world. Data associated with population density for at least a portion of the geographic region is accessed. A score is assigned for the captured region based on the population density.