A computer-implemented method for scoring player interactions within a location-based parallel reality game, the method comprisingreceiving, by a computer system from a mobile device of a player, a request to link a plurality of portals captured by a team in a virtual world of a parallel reality game that parallels at least a portion of a real world, the player a member of the team;

receiving, by the computer system from the mobile device, a location of the player in the real world, the location of the player in the real world determined by a positioning device included with the mobile device;

mapping, by the computer system, the location of the player in the real world to a location in the virtual world;

determining, by the computer system, whether the location in the virtual world is within an interaction range of at least one portal from the plurality of portals in the virtual world;

responsive to determining that the location in the virtual world is within the interaction range of the at least one portal, linking, by the computer system, the plurality of virtual portals to generate a captured region within the virtual world;

identifying, by the computer system, a geographic region within the real world corresponding to the captured region within the virtual world; and

assigning, by the computer system, a score to the team for the captured region based on a population density of the geographic region.

2017-01-28

続2）ポケモンGOの基本特許

テーマ『ポケモンGO』

今朝発見したポケモンGOの基本特許は、前回ブログで紹介した。

ここでは、２件目を紹介する。

しかも、タイムリー。

約１０日前の1月17日に登録特許となったNianticのUS9545565。

タイトル「Regulating and scoring player interactions within a virtual world associated with a location-based parallel reality game」のGoogle翻訳は「位置ベースのパラレルリアリティゲームに関連する仮想世界内でのプレーヤの対話を調整しスコアリングする」で、やはり、ポケモンGOの基本特許と思われる。

Regulating and scoring player interactions within a virtual world associated with a location-based parallel reality game
Patent number: 9545565
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.
Type: Grant
Filed: October 31, 2013
Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
Assignee: Niantic, Inc.
Inventors: David Kornmann, Alexander Vladimirov, Chris Hibbert, Jim Wang, Charles Spirakis, John Hanke

2017-01-28

続）ポケモンGOの基本特許

テーマ『ポケモンGO』

Niantic　US特許を調べてみました。

ポケモンGOのゲーム性に関する内容の特許が見たかった。

GOのゲーム性は、プレイヤの実世界と平行な仮想世界があって、

仮想世界にいるポケモンデータをプレイヤ別にフィルタリングして表示するというものである。

上の地図と下の地図が示されている特許図面で説明する。

上が実世界で、下が仮想世界である。

仮想世界の地図には、ポケモンデータがちりばめられている。

一方、実世界の地図には、プライヤが仮想世界上のポケモンデータを取ろうとしていることがわかる。

US9226106B1

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method of filtering communication for a location-based game, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more computing devices, communication data for a plurality of players associated with the location based-game, the location based game comprising a virtual world that parallels at least a portion of the real world such that the plurality of players continuously navigate the virtual world as the players continuously navigate the real world; and

filtering, by the one or more computing devices, the communication data for each player based on one or more signals associated with the respective player, the communication data comprising one or more messages between the plurality of players associated with the location-based game; and

adjusting, by the one or more computing devices, the filtered communication data for each player based on one or more constraints associated with each respective player;

wherein the one or more signals associated with the respective player comprise one or more of location data, player level data, real world contacts data, custom team data, game social graph data, potential portal capture team members data, portal subscription data, following a player data, game mode data, game territory data, portal linking data, distress data, game actions data, target acquisition call data, game entity message data, game character message data, spy mode data, stealth mode data, view zoom level data, or combinations thereof.

2017-01-26

ポケモンGOの基本特許

テーマ『ポケモンGO』

ポケモンGOにハマっている人が多い。開発は、任天堂ではなく、Niantic であることも知られている。

Forbes記事に、２００件以上の特許があるかのようにあるが、注目したのは３件あるというNiantic特許。

ポケモンGOの基本特許は、開発元のNiantic　にあるのが通常だからだ！

次回は、Niantic　特許を・・・・・・・

Forbes記事

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidpridham/2016/08/04/will-pokemon-go-be-stopped-by-patent-courts/#6e01e01d22e9

Nintendo owns over 200 U.S. and international patents and patent applications, including many covering virtual reality and other software innovations. Niantic owns three software patents that I could find using our IPedia patent analytics platform — two of them assigned to Niantic by Google — and two pending but unpublished patent applications.