SEAMLESS MOBILITY OF LOCATION-BASED GAMING ACROSS VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL WORLDS
First Claim
1. A method of hosting a geocaching game, comprising:
- interfacing with a geocaching game host to retrieve geocaching game data associated with a physical world geocaching game; and
managing association data that forms a nexus between a virtual world and the geocaching game data, the association data enabling a virtual geocaching game that corresponds to the physical world geocaching game to be hosted in the virtual world.
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Abstract
A method (200, 300) of hosting a geocaching game. The method can include interfacing with a geocaching game host (106) to retrieve geocaching game data (108) associated with a physical world geocaching game (122). The method also can include managing association data (114) that forms a nexus between a virtual world and the geocaching game data, the association data enabling a virtual geocaching game that corresponds to the physical world geocaching game to be hosted in the virtual world. The present invention also relates to a geocaching gaming system (100) that includes at least one server (104) that interfaces with a geocaching game host to retrieve geocaching game data associated with a physical world geocaching game, and manages association data that forms a nexus between a virtual world and the geocaching game data.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of hosting a geocaching game, comprising:
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interfacing with a geocaching game host to retrieve geocaching game data associated with a physical world geocaching game; and managing association data that forms a nexus between a virtual world and the geocaching game data, the association data enabling a virtual geocaching game that corresponds to the physical world geocaching game to be hosted in the virtual world. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A geocaching gaming system, comprising:
at least one server that interfaces with a geocaching game host to retrieve geocaching game data associated with a physical world geocaching game, and manages association data that forms a nexus between a virtual world and the geocaching game data, the association data enabling a virtual geocaching game that corresponds to the physical world geocaching game to be hosted in the virtual world. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for hosting a geocaching game, said method steps comprising:
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interfacing with a geocaching game host to retrieve geocaching game data associated with a physical world geocaching game; and managing association data that forms a nexus between a virtual world and the geocaching game data, the association data enabling a virtual geocaching game that corresponds to the physical world geocaching game to be hosted in the virtual world. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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