Augmented Reality Mission Generators

• US 20120231887A1
• Filed: 03/07/2012
• Published: 09/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nant Holdings IP, LLC (NantWorks, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Fourth Wall Studios, Inc.
• Inventors: Lee, Brian Elan, Stewart, Michael Sean, Stewartson, James
• Application Number:
  US13/414,491
• Publication Number:
  US 20120231887A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/39
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/216 using geographical information, e.g. location of the game device or player using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/217 using environment-related information, i.e. information generated otherwise than by the player, e.g. ambient temperature or humidity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/332 using wireless networks, e.g. cellular phone networks
• 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 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/822 Strategy games; Role-playing games A63F13/825, A63F13/828 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/209 characterized by low level software layer, relating to hardware management, e.g. Operating System, Application Programming Interface
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/406 Transmission via wireless network, e.g. pager or GSM
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/69 Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/807 Role playing or strategy games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8082 Virtual reality

Abstract

Augmented reality (AR) mission generators are described that generate missions based on environmental data separate from a user'"'"'s location. The environmental data can be obtained from a user'"'"'s mobile device or using other sensors or third-party information. The missions can be generated from an AR mission template stored in a mission database, and presented to the user on the user'"'"'s mobile device.

Claims

1. An augmented reality mission generator comprising:

a mission database storing augmented reality (AR) mission templates;

an AR mission generator engine coupled with the mission database and with a mobile device capable of transmitting a location of the mobile device and ambient environmental data separate from the mobile device'"'"'s location, the AR mission generator configured to;

obtain the environmental data from the mobile device,

generate a mission based on at least one mission template and the environmental data, and

configure the mobile device to present the mission.

2. The generator of claim 1, wherein the AR mission templates comprises a mission defined based on a grammar.

3. The generator of claim 2, wherein the grammar comprises verbs relating to AR objects.

4. The generator of claim 1, wherein the AR mission templates comprise AR mission template objects.

5. The generator of claim 4, wherein the AR mission generator engine is further configured to generate an AR mission object by populating an AR mission template object based on the environmental data.

6. The generator of claim 5, where in the AR mission object comprise a mission objective.

7. The generator of claim 5, wherein the AR mission object comprises a reward object.

8. The generator of claim 7, wherein the reward object comprises at least one of the following:

an award point, a currency, a virtual object, a real-world object, a relationship, and a promotion.

9. The generator of claim 1, the AR mission generator engine is further configured to select a mission template based on the environmental data.

10. The generator of claim 1, wherein the AR mission templates comprise a dynamic mission template.

11. The generator of claim 1, wherein the AR mission templates comprise a chain mission template.

12. The generator of claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises at least one of the following:

a vehicle, a phone, a sensor, a gaming platform, a portable computer, and a media player.

13. The generator of claim 1, the AR mission templates comprise a multi-player mission template.

14. The generator of claim 13, wherein the multi-player mission template comprises cooperative objectives.

15. The generator of claim 13, wherein the multi-player mission template comprises counter objectives.

16. The generator of claim 1, wherein the AR mission templates comprise an exercise program.

17. The generator of claim 1, further comprising an analysis engine configured to establish correlations between player demographics and mission objectives.

18. The generator of claim 1, wherein the environmental data comprises a digital representation of a scene.

19. The generator of claim 18, wherein the digital representation comprises data from multiple sensors.

20. The generator of claim 18, wherein the digital representation comprises at least one of the following types of data:

image data, audio data, haptic data, weather data, location data, movement data, biometric data, and orientation data.