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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2013
Niantic, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Keith Shoji Kiyohara, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Chris Hibbert, Mountain View, CA (US);
Charles Spirakis, Los Altos, CA (US);
James Dinkelacker, Lahaina, HI (US);
John V. Hanke, Piedmont, CA (US);
Phillip Craig Keslin, San Jose, CA (US);
Niantic, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for verifying player proximity within a location-based game are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for verifying player proximity may include receiving a request associated with verifying the proximity of a first player of the location-based game relative to a second player of the location-based game and transmitting a visual indicator to a first client of the first player, wherein the visual indicator is associated with a data record configured to expire within a predetermined time period. In addition, the method may include receiving a copy of the visual indicator from a second client of the second player and determining whether the copy of the visual indicator was received prior to the expiration of the data record.