System For Providing A User-Customizable Cartridge For Use With A Wireless Computing Device

• US 20080065320A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 03/13/2008
• 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:
  US11/933,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20080065320A1
• 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 system for providing a user-customizable cartridge for use with a wireless computing device is provided. An access module is configured to retrieve a template for a cartridge script. A toolkit is configured to build a scenario based on user instructions. A zone interface is configured to describe geolocational data for defining zones of influence, which each form an enclosed physical space. An event interface is configured to describe trigger conditions for defining a series of events, which are each associated with a zone of influence. A trigger interface is configured to define each trigger condition including a temporal, locational, or independent trigger condition. The zones of influence, series of events, and trigger conditions are stored into the template. A compiler is configured to compile the template into a cartridge script, which is stored into a database. A server is configured to download the cartridge script onto a wireless device.

Claims

1. A system for building a user-customizable cartridge script, the system comprising:

a storage medium configured to hold a template of a cartridge script;

a toolkit configured to build a scenario based on user instructions using the template of the cartridge script, the toolkit comprising;

a zone interface configured to describe geolocational data for defining one or more zones of influence, which each form a logically enclosed physical space;

an event interface configured to describe at least one of temporal, locational and independent trigger conditions for defining a series of events, which are each associated with at least one zone of influence,

wherein the zones of influence and series of events are stored into the template; and

a compiler configured to compile the template into a cartridge script configured to be downloaded and autonomously executed on a wireless computing device.

2. A system according to claim 1, the system further comprising:

a server configured to download the cartridge script onto a wireless computing device.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the zones of influence can be defined to inherit at least one event from one or more other zones of influence.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein one or more of the zones of influence specify at least one of a starting location and an ending location.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein the trigger conditions are selected from the group comprising movement, direction, speed, acceleration, tactile effects, sound effects, and visual effects.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein each event comprises at least one of a sound effect, visual effect, tactile effect, olfactory effect, text effect, and multimedia display.

7. A system according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge script is configured to be executed on a plurality of collaborating wireless gaming devices.

8. A system according to claim 1, wherein the cartridge script is configured to manipulate an item between a plurality of collaborating wireless gaming devices.

9. A system according to claim 1, the system further comprising:

a database accessible via a network and configured to store the cartridge script.

10. A system for providing a user-customizable cartridge for use with a wireless computing device, the system comprising:

an access module configured to retrieve a template for a cartridge script;

a toolkit configured to build a scenario based on user instructions, the toolkit comprising;

a zone interface configured to describe geolocational data for defining one or more zones of influence, which each form an enclosed physical space;

an event interface configured to describe trigger conditions for defining a series of events, which are each associated with at least one zone of influence; and

a trigger interface configured to define each trigger condition comprising at least one of a temporal, locational, and independent trigger condition,

wherein the zones of influence, series of events, and trigger conditions are stored into the template;

a compiler configured to compile the template into a cartridge script, which is stored into a database; and

a server configured to download the cartridge script from the database onto a wireless computing device.

11. A system according to claim 10, wherein at least one of the zones of influence can be defined to inherit at least one event from one or more other zones of influence.

12. A system according to claim 10, wherein one or more of the zones of influence specify at least one of a starting location and an ending location.

13. A system according to claim 10, wherein the trigger conditions are selected from the group comprising movement, direction, speed, acceleration, tactile effects, sound effects, and visual effects.

14. A system according to claim 10, wherein each event comprises at least one of a sound effect, visual effect, tactile effect, olfactory effect, text effect, and multimedia display.

15. A system according to claim 10, wherein the cartridge script is configured to be executed on a plurality of collaborating wireless gaming devices.

16. A system according to claim 10, wherein the cartridge script is configured to manipulate an item between a plurality of collaborating wireless gaming devices.

17. Stored data for building a user-customizable cartridge for use with a wireless computing device, the stored data comprising:

geolocational data configured to represent one or more zones of influence that each form an enclosed physical space; and

event data configured to specify a series of events triggered by at least one of temporal, locational and independent trigger conditions, wherein each event is associated with one such zone of influence,

wherein the geolocational data and event data are compiled into a cartridge script configured to be downloaded and autonomously executed on a wireless computing device.

18. Stored data according to claim 17, wherein the wireless device comprises processing, locational, and output capabilities.

19. Stored data according to claim 17, the stored data further comprising:

item data comprising at least one of item attributes, interactions, and events related to the event data, wherein the item data is further compiled into the cartridge script.

20. Stored data according to claim 17, the stored data further comprising:

non-player character data comprising at least one of non-character attributes, interactions, and events related to the event data, wherein the non-player character data is further compiled into the cartridge script.