Vehicle tracking system, method and game
First Claim
1. A global positioning gaming system for racing vehicles comprising:
- A web server, configured to edit and format game data, further configured to be accessible by a user through a computer network;
a database associated with the web server configured to receive and process game information and transmit racing data.
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Abstract
The “Vehicle Tracking System and Game” integrates a GPS navigation system with invention specific hardware and software. A user installs a mobile unit on his race vehicle which features software allowing a processor connected to the electronics of the user'"'"'s vehicle to communicate with an inertial navigation system which collects racing information, with a remote database which features software for various interactive real-time or virtual GPS Racing Games and processing the racing information of all users, and with a GPS system in real time. The mobile unit collects, processes, saves and transmits user specific racing information continuously throughout the game. This racing information is data of racing performance parameters specific to the game subscribed for by the user. The database processes and evaluates the received racing information, offsets this information with the users'"'"' basic input data and compares the information of all users.
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22 Claims
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1. A global positioning gaming system for racing vehicles comprising:
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A web server, configured to edit and format game data, further configured to be accessible by a user through a computer network; a database associated with the web server configured to receive and process game information and transmit racing data.
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2. A client global positioning gaming system for racing vehicles comprising:
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one or more processor(s) configured to execute instructions, a computer readable medium coupled to the processors for storing instructions, which when executed on the processors causes the processors to collect information and store collected information in the memory; one or more mobile unit execution modules coupled to one or more vehicles, said mobile unit execution modules each comprising; a global positioning system for providing location information to a processor; an inertial navigation system with one or more sensor units attached to a driving train providing movement information to one or more processors; a transceiver for providing communication between the mobile unit execution modules and a remote database; a user input device coupled to the processors configured to receive input from one or more users; one or more processor readable memory units coupled to said processor; wherein said unit is configured to store information collected by the processor; an I/O control coupled to the processor and coupled to the inertial navigation system and coupled to the global positioning system and coupled to a transceiver; A display unit coupled to the processors, for displaying information to a user, wherein the information includes a relative position to at least one other user. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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5. A method of providing vehicular race information comprising:
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providing a menu to a user; receiving a request from the user for location and time information for the race; fetching the race information from a database; fetching the race information for the inertial navigation system; fetching global positioning system information; fetching information entered by the user; transmitting racing information to the transceiver; formatting the race information into a machine readable language; transmitting the formatted race information to the client associated with the user; receiving from the user a request for time and location information; and displaying to the user one or more races on an electronic display screen.
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6. A method of providing a virtual racing system comprising:
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collecting from the user movement information; applying the information to a known course to calculate the result of said user with said vehicle on said course. comparing the user results with the results of various users; and displaying the results on the web server - View Dependent Claims (7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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8. A method of providing a basic global positioning system racing game comprising:
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Accessing a remote database through a mobile unit located locally on a vehicle; retrieving race information from a remote database; providing one or more geographical location coordinates in a set of related structured data, said data capable of graphical or tabular page views to define at least one or more race points and an associated race course; associating one or more realt time vehicle race points onto a known race course; recording racing data by activating a user input device affixed to the mobile unit; calculating one or more race parameters; traversing a course using information received on the user'"'"'s mobile unit; collecting racing information and transmitting this information from the mobile unit to the remote database in real time or after storing the information on the mobile unit'"'"'s memory; continuously storing, processing and plotting the position of said information at said remote database; ending the plotting, recording and transmitting of racing information by deactivating the keypad; processing and comparing results of various users obtained at different times by the remote database; and making results available on the web server.
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14. A method of racing a GPS Racing Game comprising:
racing a game in units with others, wherein the group member'"'"'s scores obtained from the GPS Racing Game accumulate and are ranked. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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15. A method of racing a GPS Racing Game comprising:
providing a private race game playable only by users designated by another user, wherein an administrator may control rules associated with a private group.
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