Systems and Methods for Capture and Use of Local Elements in Gameplay

a technology of local elements and gameplay, applied in the field of video game applications, can solve problems such as lack of ability of virtual worlds, and achieve the effect of interest and meaningfulness

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-05-22
2343127 ONTARIO
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[0006]A player's real world location may have a significant meaning for the player, and thus an emotional bond may already exist. By exploiting this emotional bond and making the storyline of a virtual world dependent on the local elements a more interesting and meaningful experience can be provided. Thus a player may be willing to spend more time engaging with a virtual world when the virtual world's storyline is impacted by the changing local elements. Likewise, a player may enjoy the option to choose a real world location and interact with a virtual world impacted by local elements of that chosen location.

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These existing virtual worlds lack the ability to take the player's location and its various local elements into account for meaningful impact on gameplay.

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[0034]Methods and arrangements of changing storyline for gaming applications and virtual worlds based on local elements are disclosed in this application.

[0035]Before embodiments of the invention are explained in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of the examples set forth in the following descriptions or illustrated drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced or carried out for a variety of applications and in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.

[0036]Before embodiments of the software modules or flow charts are described in detail, it should be noted that the invention is not limited to any particular software language described or implied in the figures and that a variety of alternative software languages may be used for implementation of the invention.

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A computer-implemented method is provided for enabling virtual gameplay. Access is provided to at least one video game in which a player is able to interact with the video game according to a storyline. A player location is detected and stored. A local element is retrieved from a database based on the player location and the local element is correlated to a local element script actuatable in the video game. This local element script is retrieved and actuated in the video game to supplement or replace the video game's storyline.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 796,715, filed Nov. 19, 2012 and entitled “Systems and Method of Capture and Use of Local Elements in Gameplay,” which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]The present invention is related to video game applications in general and video game applications for the capture and use of local elements to impact gameplay in particular.BACKGROUND[0003]A virtual world is a computer simulated environment. A virtual world may resemble the real world, with real world rules such as physical rules of gravity, geography, topography, and locomotion. A virtual world may also incorporate rules for social and economic interactions between virtual characters. Player (users) may be represented as avatars, two or three-dimensional graphical representations. Virtual worlds may be used for massively multiple online role-playing games, for soci...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63F13/30
CPCA63F13/12A63F2300/205A63F2300/8082A63F13/60A63F13/327A63F13/65A63F13/216A63F13/33A63F2300/206
Inventor CHOWDHARY, YOUSUFBRUNET, JEFFREY
Owner 2343127 ONTARIO
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