SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT USING REAL-TIME AUGMENTATION OF GEO-LOCATION INFORMATION

• US 20140125702A1
• Filed: 12/17/2013
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fairways 360 Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Fairways 360 Incorporated
• Inventors: Santillan, Juan, Humphrey, Ben, Schaerer, Marc
• Application Number:
  US14/053,624
• Publication Number:
  US 20140125702A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/633
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/216 using geographical information, e.g. location of the game device or player using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• 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 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/26616 for merging a unicast channel into a multicast channel, e.g. in a VOD application, when a client served by unicast channel catches up a multicast channel to save bandwidth data multicast over packet-switching network H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8146 involving graphical data, e.g. 3D object, 2D graphics

Abstract

A system and method for generating an immersive virtual environment using real-time augmentation of geo-location information.

Claims

1. A system for generating an immersive virtual environment using real-time augmentation of geo-location information comprising:

at least a first computational device including at least a first graphics processing unit,

at least a first set of instructions,

at least a first local storage resource containing one or more of the following group;

geo-locative data, temporal data, individual performance data, and team performance data.

a user device containing a user interface, and

a network communicatively coupled to the at least a first computational device, the local storage resource, and the user device,

wherein the first computational device processes input from the user interface on the user device according to the at least a first set of instructions and references and retrieves data from the at least a first local storage resource in response to the input from the user interface.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first set of instructions further comprises one of the following group:

a system program, an application, a cloud-based program.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least a first local storage resource is one or more storage resources.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least a first local storage resource is a media server.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device is further comprised of one of the following group:

a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cell phone, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a portable media player, a handheld game console, a digital camera, or an e-book reader.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the network is further comprised of one of the following group:

a private computer communications network, a wireless communications network, a peer-to-peer network.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the data retrieved from the at least a first local storage resource in response to the input from the user interface further comprises a display in a first person perspective based on the determined location of the user device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the data retrieved from the at least a first local storage resource in response to the input from the user interface further comprises a display in a first person perspective based on the directional heading of the user device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the data retrieved from the at least a first local storage resource in response to the input from the user interface further comprises a display in a first person perspective based on the angle of elevation of the user device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the data retrieved from the at least a first local storage resource in response to the input from the user interface further comprises historical data from one or more of the following group:

location data, event data, player data or team data.

11. The method of generating an immersive virtual environment using real-time augmentation of geo-location information comprising:

providing at least a first computational device including at least a first graphics processing unit,

providing at least a first set of instructions,

providing at least a first local storage resource containing one or more of the following group;

geo-locative data, temporal data, individual performance data, and team performance data.

providing a user device containing a user interface, and

providing a network communicatively coupled to the at least a first computational device, the local storage resource, and the user device,

wherein the first computational device processes input from the user interface on the user device according to the at least a first set of instructions and references and retrieves data from the at least a first local storage resource in response to the input from the user interface.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the step of providing the at least a first set of instructions further comprises providing one of the following group:

a system program, an application, a cloud-based program.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of providing the at least a first local storage resource further comprises providing one or more storage resources.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of providing the at least a first local storage resource further comprises providing a media server.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of providing the user device further comprises providing of one of the following group:

a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cell phone, a smart phone, a tablet computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a portable media player, a handheld game console, a digital camera, or an e-book reader.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of providing the network further comprises providing of one of the following group:

a private computer communications network, a wireless communications network, a peer-to-peer network.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of providing the data retrieved from the at least a first local storage resource in response to the input from the user interface further comprises providing a display in a first person perspective based on the determined location of the user device.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of providing the data retrieved from the at least a first local storage resource in response to the input from the user interface further comprises providing a display in a first person perspective based on the directional heading of the user device.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of providing the data retrieved from the at least a first local storage resource in response to the input from the user interface further comprises providing a display in a first person perspective based on the angle of elevation of the user device.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of providing the data retrieved from the at least a first local storage resource in response to the input from the user interface further comprises providing historical data from one or more of the following group:

location data, event data, player data or team data.