Mobile Phone Mediated Treasure Hunt Game
First Claim
1. A system for providing a mobile phone based treasure hunt game, comprising:
- a system server including puzzle data pertaining to a plurality of geographic sites;
at least one mobile phone;
a plurality of geographically diverse mobile phone location identifiers;
software executing on said system server for receiving location data pertaining to said at least one mobile phone, the location data indicative of a location of said at least one mobile phone relative to at least one of the location identifiers;
software executing on said system server for determining at least one of the geographic sites within a predetermined distance of the location; and
software executing on said system server for providing at least a portion of the puzzle data pertaining to the at least one geographic site to said at least one mobile phone.
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Abstract
A system for providing a mobile phone based treasure hunt game including a system server including puzzle data pertaining to a plurality of geographic sites, at least one mobile phone, a plurality of geographically diverse mobile phone location identifiers, software executing on the system server for receiving location data pertaining to the at least one mobile phone, the location data indicative of a location of the at least one mobile phone relative to at least one of the location identifiers, software executing on the system server for determining at least one of the geographic sites within a predetermined distance of the location, and software executing on the system server for providing at least a portion of the puzzle data pertaining to the at least one geographic site to the at least one mobile phone.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for providing a mobile phone based treasure hunt game, comprising:
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a system server including puzzle data pertaining to a plurality of geographic sites; at least one mobile phone; a plurality of geographically diverse mobile phone location identifiers; software executing on said system server for receiving location data pertaining to said at least one mobile phone, the location data indicative of a location of said at least one mobile phone relative to at least one of the location identifiers; software executing on said system server for determining at least one of the geographic sites within a predetermined distance of the location; and software executing on said system server for providing at least a portion of the puzzle data pertaining to the at least one geographic site to said at least one mobile phone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for providing a mobile device based treasure hunt game, comprising:
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a system server including puzzle data pertaining to a plurality of geographic sites; at least one mobile device in communication with said system server via the Internet, said mobile device including a user interface for displaying puzzle data and receiving user input; software executing on said at least one mobile device for providing location data to said system server indicative of a location of said mobile device; software executing on the system server for determining at least one of the geographic sites in a vicinity of the location based on the location data; and software executing on the system server for providing at least a portion of the puzzle data pertaining to the at least one geographic site to said mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for providing a mobile phone based treasure hunt game, comprising the steps of:
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determining a plurality of geographic sites; generating puzzle data concerning the plurality of geographic sites, the puzzle data including at least a location of each of the geographic sites; determining a location of at least one mobile phone; determining at least one of the geographic sites within a predetermined range of the location of the mobile phone; and providing at least a portion of the puzzle data concerning the geographic sites within the predetermined range to the mobile phone. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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