Wireless system for interacting with a game service
First Claim
1. A wireless system for interacting with a virtual space, comprising:
- a server, said server supporting a virtual space;
a mobile station for allowing a first user to interact with said virtual space, said mobile station having at least a display for displaying information about said virtual space to said first user and data entry means to allow said first user to interact with said virtual space; and
a communications network coupled between said server and said mobile station, said network having a wireless link to said mobile station.
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Abstract
A wireless communication system for interacting with a virtual space. The wireless system may include some or all of the following: a mobile station, a server supporting the virtual space, a gateway, a game center, and a game service. The virtual space may be an interactive fiction game where the user of a mobile station may interact with other players and software entities in the virtual space. The virtual space may be used for other purposes such as a virtual tour of a real world city, guided perhaps by a software entity or agent. The virtual space may be used for business activities such as a virtual conference that allows participants who are physically remote from each other to interact in the virtual space.
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40 Claims
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1. A wireless system for interacting with a virtual space, comprising:
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a server, said server supporting a virtual space;
a mobile station for allowing a first user to interact with said virtual space, said mobile station having at least a display for displaying information about said virtual space to said first user and data entry means to allow said first user to interact with said virtual space; and
a communications network coupled between said server and said mobile station, said network having a wireless link to said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 20)
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17. A system for interacting with a virtual space, comprising:
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a mobile station having a reduced keyboard, for accepting input from a user;
an interactive language application, for creating said virtual space;
a server, for running said application; and
a display, for displaying information about said virtual space to said user.
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18. A system for interacting with a virtual space, comprising:
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a mobile station for allowing a user to establish an interactive session with said virtual space;
a server, said server hosting a game center;
a communication network, said network connected by at least one wireless communication link to said mobile station;
a wireless application protocol gateway connected between said network and said server; and
a game service running on said game center.
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19. A system for interacting with a virtual space, said system comprising:
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a mobile station having a display and data input means, for interacting with a software application;
a server, said server running said software application comprising a plurality of related segments; and
a communication network, said network linking said server and said mobile station;
wherein said plurality of related segments is comprised of;
a story segment, said story segment further comprising action options that allow a first player to navigate spatially within said virtual space;
an interactive segment, said interactive segment allowing said first player to interact with features of said virtual space via said data input means; and
a decision process segment, said decision process segment allowing said first player to choose to continue to a new story segment or to quit interacting with said virtual space.
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21. A system for providing wireless communications, the system comprising:
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(a) a wireless terminal having a display and a selection means, said display for displaying information to a first user and said selection means for allowing said first user to input data;
(b) a remote server supporting a virtual space;
(c) an interactive language, operative within at least one of said wireless terminal and said remote server, for defining a virtual representation of said first user; and
(d) a communication network, said network linking said wireless terminal and said remote server, wherein said first user establishes an interactive session with said server, wherein said terminal receives data concerning said virtual space to be displayed on said display, and further wherein said first user can effect a change in a state of the virtual space by inputting data via the selection means. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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- 32. A wireless terminal having a display and a selection means, said terminal being operable to communicate with a remote server and to provide a user with an interactive session with said server, said server being configured to support a virtual space through which at least one virtual representation of said user can move, and wherein said terminal receives data concerning said virtual space to be displayed on said display, and wherein said user can input data via said selection means to effect a change to the state of said virtual space.
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36. A wireless game system, comprising:
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a wireless terminal, said terminal comprising a transceiver for sending and receiving a signal to and from a base station;
said base station comprising a transceiver for sending and receiving a signal to and from said wireless terminal, wherein said base station is coupled to a telecommunications network; and
wherein said base station is adapted to communicate with a game center software application running on a server, said application running a game;
wherein said wireless terminal is adapted to communicate a game state to a terminal user, to receive a command from said user in response to said game state, and to convey a predetermined instruction associated with said command across a network to said server; and
wherein said server is adapted to change said game state dependent upon said instruction, and to communicate the changed state to said terminal.
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Specification