System and method to better engage passive users of a virtual space by providing panoramic point of views in real time

• US 10,099,134 B1
• Filed: 12/16/2014
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kabam (Netmarble Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabam (Netmarble Corporation)
• Inventors: Tang, Wilson John
• Primary Examiner(s): Wills, Diane
• Application Number:
  US14/572,430
• Time in Patent Office: 1,400 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/48 Starting a game, e.g. activating a game device or waiting for other players to join a multiplayer session
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/53 involving additional visual information provided to the game scene, e.g. by overlay to simulate a head-up display [HUD] or displaying a laser sight in a shooting game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/822 Strategy games; Role-playing games A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

Facilitating presentation of a view of the virtual space in a first view mode to users through client computing platforms and in a second view mode to users through client computing platforms. The first view mode and second view mode causing the views of the virtual space to have different view characteristics. Different inputs are effectuated when in the different view modes to facilitate interaction by the user with the virtual space in different manners.

Claims

1. A system for providing enhanced visual effects to users of a game within a virtual space, the system comprising:

one or more physical computer processors configured by machine-readable instructions to;

execute an instance of a virtual space in which an online game is instantiated and implement the instance of the virtual space in an active state of the online game to;

(i) facilitate presentation of views of the virtual space in a first view mode to the users through touchscreens associated with client computing platforms during game play in the online game, wherein the views of the virtual space presented in the first view mode facilitate navigation by the users through the virtual space and include a first set of view characteristics, wherein individual users are associated with individual client computing platforms, wherein individual touchscreens are associated with individual client computing platforms, and

(ii) facilitate interaction of the users with the virtual space via game play in the online game in response to a first set of inputs effectuated by the users by physically interacting with the touchscreens associated with the client computing platforms during presentation of the views of the virtual space in the first view mode, wherein the inputs in the first set of inputs are input to the touchscreens by manually engaging the touchscreens, wherein the inputs in the first set of inputs facilitate the game play and a lateral change in the views of the virtual space presented to the users in the active state of the online game, wherein the inputs by individual users are input to the same individual touchscreens as used to present the views in the first view mode to the individual users;

implement the instance of the virtual space in a paused state of the online game to;

(i) facilitate presentation of the views of the virtual space in a second view mode to the users through the touchscreens associated with the client computing platforms during game play in the online game, wherein the views of the virtual space presented in the second view mode are from a fixed position in the virtual space and facilitate rotational views of the virtual space about the fixed position and include a second set of view characteristics, wherein presentations to the individual users are facilitated through the same individual touchscreens as used to present the views in the first view mode to the individual users, and wherein the presentations to the individual users include a set of virtual items, and

(ii) facilitate interaction of the users with the virtual space in response to a second set of inputs effectuated by the users through the client computing platforms during presentation of the views of the virtual space in the second view mode, wherein the second set of inputs by the users include;

(a) changing physical orientations of the client computing platforms and facilitating a rotational change in the views of the virtual space presented to the users, wherein changing the physical orientations of the client computing platforms changes physical orientations of the touchscreens correspondingly, and

(b) selection of one or more virtual items from the set of virtual items;

facilitate selection and/or entry by the users of the virtual space of the first or second view mode in which to present views of the virtual space through the touchscreens associated with the client computing platforms;

receive individual ones of the first set of inputs effectuated by the users through the views of the virtual space in the first view mode and facilitate the game play via the first view mode;

receive individual ones of the second set of inputs effectuated by the users through the virtual space in the second view mode, wherein at least one of the second set of inputs is different from the inputs of the first set of inputs; and

responsive to selection in the paused state of the one or more virtual items from the set of virtual items, and further responsive to subsequent use of the active state, facilitate presentation of the views in the first view mode that include the one or more selected virtual items from the set of virtual items.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured by machine-readable instructions to obtain the set of virtual items for presentation to the users in the virtual space when views of the virtual space are presented in the second view mode.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein individual ones of the set of virtual items are presented to the users in response to effectuation of the second set of inputs by the users.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein individual ones of the set of virtual items are presented to the users in the virtual space in response to orientation information provided by one or more sensors of the client computing device providing an indication that a physical orientation of the client computing device has changed.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the virtual items of the set of virtual items are assigned a first set of positions within the virtual space in response to a first entry and/or selection by an individual user of the second view mode, and wherein the virtual items of the set of virtual items are assigned a second set of positions within the virtual space in response to a second entry and/or selection by the individual user of the second view mode, wherein the second set of positions is different from the first set of positions.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more physical computer processors are configured by machine-readable instructions to:

detect an interaction by an individual user with the virtual space indicating selection of individual ones of the first set of virtual items; and

provide to the individual user the selected virtual item for use by the individual user in the virtual space.

7. The system of claim 1,

wherein the first set of view characteristics includes views of the virtual space forward of a point-of-view of the virtual space presented to the users, and

wherein the second set of view characteristics includes views of the virtual space surrounding a point-of-view of the virtual space presented to the users.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the rotational change in the views of the virtual space corresponds to orientation information from one or more sensors of the client computing platforms.

9. A method for providing enhanced visual effects to users of a game within a virtual space, the method performed using one or more physical computer processors, the method comprising:

executing an instance of a virtual space in which an online game is instantiated;

implementing the instance of the virtual space in an active state of the online game to;

(i) facilitate presentation of views of the virtual space in a first view mode to the users through touchscreens associated with client computing platforms during game play in the online game, wherein the views of the virtual space presented in the first view mode facilitate navigation by the users through the virtual space and include a first set of view characteristics, wherein individual users are associated with individual client computing platforms, wherein individual touchscreens are associated with individual client computing platforms, and

(ii) facilitate interaction of the users with the virtual space via game play in an online game in response to a first set of inputs effectuated by the users by physically interacting with the touchscreens associated with the client computing platforms during presentation of the views of the virtual space in the first view mode, wherein the inputs in the first set of inputs are input to the touchscreens by manually engaging the touchscreens, wherein the inputs in the first set of inputs facilitate the game play and a lateral change in the views of the virtual space presented to the users in the active state of the online game, wherein the inputs by individual users are input to the same individual touchscreens as used to present the views in the first view mode to the individual users;

implementing the instance of the virtual space in the paused state of the online game to;

(i) to facilitate presentation of the views of the virtual space in a second view mode to the users through the touchscreens associated with the client computing platforms during game play in the online game, wherein the views of the virtual space presented in the second view mode are from a fixed position in the virtual space and facilitate rotational views of the virtual space about the fixed position and include a second set of view characteristics, wherein presentations to the individual users are facilitated through the same individual touchscreens as used to present the views in the first view mode to the individual users, and wherein the presentations to the individual users include a set of virtual items, and

(ii) facilitate interaction of the users with the virtual space in response to a second set of inputs effectuated by the users through the client computing platforms during presentation of the views of the virtual space in the second view mode, wherein the second set of inputs are input by the users include;

(a) changing physical orientations of the client computing platforms and facilitating a rotational change in the views of the virtual space presented to the users, wherein changing the physical orientations of the client computing platforms changes physical orientations of the touchscreens correspondingly, and

(b) selection of one or more virtual items from the set of virtual items;

facilitating selection and/or entry by the users of the virtual space of the first or second view mode in which to present views of the virtual space through the touchscreens associated with the client computing platforms;

receiving individual ones of the first set of inputs effectuated by the users through the views of the virtual space in the first view mode and facilitate the game play via the first view mode;

receiving individual ones of the second set of inputs effectuated by the users through the virtual space in the second view mode, wherein at least one of the second set of inputs is different from the inputs of the first set of inputs; and

responsive to selection in the paused state of the one or more virtual items from the set of virtual items, and further responsive to subsequent use of the active state, facilitating presentation of the views in the first view mode that include the one or more selected virtual items from the set of virtual items.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising obtaining the set of virtual items for presentation to the users in the virtual space when views of the virtual space are presented in the second view mode.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein individual ones of the set of virtual items are presented to the users in response to effectuation of the second set of inputs by the users.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein individual ones of the set of virtual items are presented to the users in the virtual space in response to orientation information provided by one or more sensors of the client computing device providing an indication that a physical orientation of the client computing device has changed.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the virtual items of the set of virtual items are assigned a first set of positions within the virtual space in response to a first entry and/or selection by an individual user of the second view mode, and wherein the virtual items of the set of virtual items are assigned a second set of positions within the virtual space in response to a second entry and/or selection by the individual user of the second view mode, wherein the second set of positions is different from the first set of positions.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises:

detecting an interaction by an individual user with the virtual space indicating selection of individual ones of the set of virtual items; and

providing to the individual user the selected virtual item for use by the individual user in the virtual space.

15. The method of claim 9,

wherein the first set of view characteristics includes views of the virtual space forward of a point-of-view of the virtual space presented to the users, and

wherein the second set of view characteristics includes views of the virtual space surrounding a point-of-view of the virtual space presented to the users.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the rotational change in the views of the virtual space corresponds to orientation information from one or more sensors of the client computing platforms.