Wireless communication systems
First Claim
1. A wireless communication system comprising a mobile station, a server for supporting a virtual environment, a sensor remote from the mobile station, said sensor being arranged for monitoring a variable, and a communication network for providing wireless communication between the mobile station and the virtual environment and communication between the sensor and the server, the server being arranged for causing the sensor output to affect the virtual environment.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a wireless communication system (1) comprising a mobile station (2, 4), a server (8) for supporting a virtual environment (30), a sensor (28) remote from the mobile station (2, 4), which station for monitoring a variable and a communication network (6) for providing wireless communication between the mobile station (2, 4) and the virtual environment (30) and communication between the sensor (28) and the server (8), whereby the sensor output affects the virtual environment (30). A corresponding method is also disclosed.
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44 Claims
- 1. A wireless communication system comprising a mobile station, a server for supporting a virtual environment, a sensor remote from the mobile station, said sensor being arranged for monitoring a variable, and a communication network for providing wireless communication between the mobile station and the virtual environment and communication between the sensor and the server, the server being arranged for causing the sensor output to affect the virtual environment.
- 20. A wireless communication method in a system including a mobile station, a server supporting a virtual environment and a sensor remote from the mobile station, the method comprising causing the server to affect the virtual environment in response to a variable monitored by the sensor.
- 37. A method of communicating with a communication network, a sensor, a mobile station remote from the sensor and a computer arrangement establishing a virtual environment, comprising coupling a first signal derived by the sensor to the computer arrangement, causing the computer arrangement to affect the virtual environment in response to the first signal being coupled to the computer arrangement, and communicating second signals between the computer arrangement and the mobile station via the network, the second signals affecting at least one of the virtual environment and the mobile station.
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41. A system for communicating comprising a communication network, a sensor, a mobile station remote from the sensor and a computer arrangement for establishing a virtual environment, the system being arranged for:
- (a) coupling a first signal derived by the sensor to the computer arrangement, (b) causing the computer arrangement to affect the virtual environment in response to the signal coupled to the computer arrangement, (c) communicating second signals between the computer arrangement and the mobile station via the network, and (d) causing the second signals to affect at least one of the virtual environment and the mobile station.
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