Method For Executing User Navigational Events Triggered Through Geolocational Data Describing Zones Of Influence

• US 20080059060A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Elias Alvord, Jeremy Irish
• Original Assignee: Elias Alvord, Jeremy Irish
• Inventors: Alvord, Elias, Irish, Jeremy
• Application Number:
  US11/933,171
• Publication Number:
  US 20080059060A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/207
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/216 using geographical information, e.g. location of the game device or player using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/205 for detecting the geographical location of the game platform
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/206 Game information storage, e.g. cartridges, CD ROM's, DVD's, smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5573 player location
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/632 by branching, e.g. choosing one of several possible story developments at a given point in time
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/01 Satellite radio beacon positioning systems transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/19 Sporting applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8541 involving branching, e.g. to different story endings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method for executing user navigational events triggered through geolocational data describing zones of influence is provided. Data is stored in a cartridge script loadable into a user device. Zones of influence are defined by describing by points of static geolocational data. User navigational events are defined and each user event is associated with a zone of influence. A trigger condition is specified for each user event based on the static data for the associated zone of influence. A scenario is executed by triggering the user events stored on the cartridge script through movement of the user device. A location of the user device is continuously self-identified based on dynamic geolocational data determined in response to the movement. A correlation between the dynamic data and the static data for the zones of influence is determined. The user event associated with a trigger condition is locally triggered based on the correlation.

Claims

1. A method for executing user events on a mobile user device, the method comprising:

accessing data in a cartridge script loaded into a memory of a mobile user device, wherein the data comprises one or more zones of influence, which each describe a plurality of points of static geolocational data, and one or more user events, which are each associated with at least one zone of influence; and

executing a scenario by triggering the user events stored on the cartridge script through movement of the mobile user device, the executing comprising;

continuously self-identifying a location dynamically determined in response to the movement;

determining a positional overlap between the location and the static geolocational data for one or more of the zones of influence; and

locally triggering the user event associated with the zones of influence based on the positional overlap.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the data further comprises one or more limed events, which are each associated with at least one user event, the method further comprising:

further executing the scenario by triggering the one or more of the user events through passage of time, the further executing comprising;

identifying the time events having expired times based on time that has elapsed; and

locally triggering the user event associated with the timed events based on the expired times.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the data further comprises one or more independent trigger conditions, the method further comprising:

further executing the scenario by triggering the one or more of the independent trigger conditions through independent conditions, the further executing comprising;

determining satisfaction of one or more of the independent trigger conditions; and

locally triggering the user event associated with the independent trigger conditions based on the satisfaction.

4. A method according to claim 1, the method further comprising:

locally triggering user or more of the user events upon at least one of an entry into or exit from the zone of influence associated with the user events.

5. A method for executing user navigational events triggered through geolocational data describing zones of influence, the method comprising:

storing data in a cartridge script loadable into a user device, the storing comprising;

defining one or more zones of influence into the cartridge script by describing by a plurality of points of static geolocational data;

defining one or more user navigational events into the cartridge script and associating each user navigational event with at least one zone of influence;

specifying a trigger condition for each user navigational event based on the static geolocational data for the associated zone of influence; and

executing a scenario by triggering the user navigational events stored on the cartridge script through movement of the user device, the executing comprising;

continuously self-identifying a location of the user device based on dynamic geolocational data determined in response to the movement;

determining a correlation between the dynamic geolocational data and the static geolocational data for one or more of the zones of influence; and

locally triggering the user navigational event associated with the trigger condition of the zones of influence based on the correlation.

6. A method according to claim 5, the method further comprising:

further storing data in the cartridge script loaded in the user device, the further storing comprising;

specifying one or more timed events comprising a start time and a duration and associating each timed event with at least one user navigational event; and

further executing the scenario by triggering the user navigational events stored on the cartridge script through passage of time, the further executing comprising;

measuring an elapsed time beginning with the start time of each timed event;

determining an expiration when the elapsed time substantially equals the duration of one or more of the timed events; and

locally triggering each user navigational event associated with the duration of the timed events based on the expiration.

7. A method according to claim 5, the method further comprising:

further storing data in the cartridge script loaded in the user device, the further storing comprising;

specifying one or more independent trigger conditions and associating each independent trigger condition with at least one user navigational event; and

further executing the scenario by triggering the user navigational events stored on the cartridge script through independent conditions, the further executing comprising;

determining trigger condition satisfaction of one or more of the independent trigger conditions; and

locally triggering each user navigational event associated with the independent trigger conditions based on the trigger condition satisfaction.

8. A method according to claim 5, the method further comprising:

locally triggering one or more of the user navigational events upon at least one of an entry into or exit from the zone of influence associated with the user navigational events.

9. A method according to claim 5, the method further comprising:

defining each zone of influence as at least one of a two-dimensional and a three-dimensional enclosed space.

10. A method according to claim 5, the method further comprising:

defining each zone of influence as discrete, adjoining, overlapping, and nested relative to at least one other zone of influence.

11. A method according to claim 5, the method further comprising:

defining at least one zone of influence as inheriting at least one user navigational event from one or more other of the zones of influence.

12. A method according to claim 5, the method further comprising:

defining one or more points of interest for at least one of the user navigational events and comprising information; and

providing the information regarding the points of interest for each navigational event locally triggered.

13. A method according to claim 13, wherein the information comprises at least one of a sound effect, visual effect, tactile effect, olfactory effect, text effect, and multimedia display.

14. A method for executing zones of influences that describe geolocational data triggered through user navigational events, the method comprising:

storing data in a cartridge script loadable into a user device, the storing comprising;

defining one or more user navigational events into the cartridge script;

defining one or more zones of influence into the cartridge script by describing by a plurality of points of static geolocational data and associating each zone of influence with at least one user navigational event;

specifying a trigger condition for each zone of influence for the associated user navigational event; and

executing a scenario by triggering the zones of influence stored on the cartridge script through user events, the executing comprising;

determining event satisfaction of one or more of the user navigational events; and

locally triggering each zone of influence associated with the user navigational events based on the event satisfaction.

15. A method according to claim 14, the method further comprising:

further storing data in the cartridge script loaded in the user device, the further storing comprising;

specifying one or more timed events comprising a start time and a duration and associating each timed event with at least one zone of influence; and

further executing the scenario by triggering the zones of influence stored on the cartridge script through passage of time, the further executing comprising;

measuring an elapsed time beginning with the start time of each timed event;

determining an expiration when the elapsed time substantially equals the duration of one or more of the timed events; and

locally triggering each zones of influence associated with the duration of the timed events based on the expiration.

16. A method according to claim 14, the method further comprising:

further storing data in the cartridge script loaded in the user device, the further storing comprising;

specifying one or more independent trigger conditions and associating each independent trigger condition with at least one zones of influence; and

further executing the scenario by triggering the zones of influence stored on the cartridge script through independent conditions, the further executing comprising;

determining trigger condition satisfaction of one or more of the independent trigger conditions; and

locally triggering each zone of influence associated with the independent trigger conditions based on the trigger condition satisfaction.

17. A method according to claim 14, the method further comprising:

locally triggering one or more of the zones of influence upon at least one of an entry into or exit from the zone of influence.

18. A method according to claim 14, the method further comprising:

defining each zone of influence as at least one of a two-dimensional and a three-dimensional enclosed space.

19. A method according to claim 14, the method further comprising:

defining each zone of influence as discrete, adjoining, overlapping, and nested relative to at least one other zone of influence.

20. A method according to claim 14, the method further comprising:

defining at least one zone of influence as inheriting at least one user navigational event from one or more other of the zones of influence.

21. A method according to claim 14, the method further comprising:

defining one or more points of interest for at least one of the user navigational events and comprising information; and

providing the information regarding the points of interest for each navigational event locally triggered.

22. A method according to claim 21, wherein the information comprises at least one of a sound effect, visual effect, tactile effect, olfactory effect, text effect, and multimedia display.