System and Method for Implementing Environmentally-Sensitive Simulations on a Data Processing System

• US 20090099822A1
• Filed: 10/16/2007
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Pomerantz, Ori, Freeman, David S.
• Granted Patent: US 8,088,004 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/6
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/217 using environment-related information, i.e. information generated otherwise than by the player, e.g. ambient temperature or humidity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/52 involving aspects of the displayed game scene
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5573 player location
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/69 Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video

Abstract

A system and method for implementing environmentally-sensitive simulations on a data processing system. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an ambient temperature associated with a player'"'"'s location is provided to an environmental module. The environmental module provides the ambient temperature information to a simulation application. The simulation application modifies the behavior of a simulation executing on the data processing system according to the ambient temperature. The data processing system displays the simulation with the modified behavior to the player.

Claims

1. A computer-implementable method for implementing environmentally-sensitive simulations on a data processing system, said computer-implementable method comprising:

providing an ambient temperature associated with a player'"'"'s location;

modifying behavior of a simulation executing on a data processing system according to said ambient temperature; and

displaying said simulation with said modified behavior to said player.

2. The computer-implementable method according to claim 1, wherein said providing further comprises:

providing an ambient temperature associated with said player'"'"'s location via an environmental sensor coupled to said data processing system.

3. The computer-implementable method according to claim 1, wherein said providing further comprises:

providing an ambient temperature associated with said player'"'"'s location from a weather information depository via a network.

4. A system for implementing environmentally-sensitive simulations on a data processing system, said system comprising:

an interconnect coupled to said at least one processor; and

a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, said computer-usable medium being coupled to said interconnect, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said at least one processor and configured for;

providing an ambient temperature associated with a player'"'"'s location;

modifying behavior of a simulation executing on a data processing system according to said ambient temperature; and

displaying said simulation with said modified behavior to said player.

5. The system according to claim 4, said instructions for providing are further configured for:

providing an ambient temperature associated with said player'"'"'s location via an environmental sensor coupled to said data processing system.

6. The system according to claim 4, said instructions for providing are further configured for:

providing an ambient temperature associated with said player'"'"'s location from a weather information depository via a network.