VIDEO GAME FOR ENABLING REVERSAL OF POTENTIALLY-REVERSIBLE REAL-WORLD HEALTH CONDITIONS OF PLAYERS

• US 20170043257A1
• Filed: 08/15/2016
• Published: 02/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jennifer H. Kraly
• Original Assignee: Gold Star Services Incorporated
• Inventors: Kraly, Jennifer H., Renner, Jayce
• Granted Patent: US 10,150,040 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/335 using Internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/67 adaptively or by learning from player actions, e.g. skill level adjustment or by storing successful combat sequences for re-use
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/80 Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/95 Storage media specially adapted for storing game information, e.g. video game cartridges

Abstract

A system and method may include generating, by a computing system, a list of selectable challenge factors for a player to select one or more challenge factors when playing a video game. The player may be provided with the ability to set a plan for each of the challenge factors. A protocol inclusive of the planned challenge factors may be established to be achieved over a time period. A player interface may be displayed for the player of the video game, where the player interface may show the protocol inclusive of at least a portion of the planned challenge factor(s) along with corresponding input elements associated with each planned challenge factor for the player to account for the planned challenge factors by submitting whether or not the player achieved each of the respective planned challenge factors. Achieving the planned challenge factor(s) causes a health condition to be reversed.

Claims

1. A video game system to provide a video game, said system comprising:

a storage unit configured to store data associated with the video game; and

a game engine, executed by a processing unit, said game engine including;

a player representation profile engine configured to enable a player to affect a representation of the player in response to the player achieving challenge factors of the video game;

a rules engine configured to apply and enforce rules of the video game; and

one or more update components configured to be executed by the processing unit during the video game, said one or more update components configured (i) to update points of the player and (ii) to update challenge factors available for the player to achieve to advance in playing the video game;

a player interface engine configured to affect functionality of a representation of the player in response to the player accounting for and achieving or failing to account for or to achieve the real-world challenge factors, the player interface engine configured to;

direct the player to establish a set of real-world challenge factors to achieve;

be responsive to the player (i) accounting for achieving or not achieving the real-world challenge factors and (ii) achieving the real-world challenge factors, said player interface engine communicating with said one or more update components to adjust the score of the player as represented by the representation of the player; and

in response to the score of the representation of the player being adjusted, the player representation profile engine alter functionality of the representation of the player to represent that the player'"'"'s achieving at least a portion of the planned challenge factors causes a health condition to be reversed.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said one or more update components, when executed by the processing unit, is further configured to establish a skill level for the player.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein said one or more update components, when executed by the processing unit, is further configured to:

modify a protocol of the player;

add a challenge factor;

increase a level of a challenge factor plan;

add challenge factor actions to a challenge factor plan;

remove a challenge factor.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein said one or more update components, when executed to the processing unit, is further configured to modify a protocol as a skill level of the player increases or decreases based on the player successfully achieving the challenge factors.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the challenge factors are real-world challenge factors including action to be performed by the player.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the player completing the challenge factors while playing the video game and increasing number of points cause said player representation profile engine to alter representation of the player to indicate that the player is reversing a potentially reversible lifestyle related, non-communicable health condition.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein said one or more update components, when executed to the processing unit, is further configured to allow a player to compare the player'"'"'s skill level to the skill level of other players.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein said one or more update components, when executed to the processing unit, is further configured to allow a player to compare a player'"'"'s relative points to the relative points of other players.

18. The method according to claim 1, further comprising allowing a player to compare a player'"'"'s relative points to the relative points of other players.

9. A method, comprising:

generating, by a computing system, a list of selectable challenge factors for a player to select one or more challenge factors when playing a video game;

providing, by the computing system, the player with the ability to set a plan for each of the challenge factors;

storing, by the computing system in a data repository, the selected challenge factors and the planned challenge factors;

establishing, by the computing system, a protocol inclusive of the planned challenge factors to achieve over a time period; and

displaying, by the computing system, a player interface of the video game for the player, the player interface showing the protocol inclusive of at least a portion of the one or more planned challenge factors along with corresponding input elements associated with each planned challenge factor for the player to account for the planned challenge factors by submitting whether or not the player achieved each of the respective planned challenge factors, such that achieving at least a portion of the planned challenge factors causes a health condition to be reversed.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising calculating, by the computing system, feedback reconciliation points based on the player accounting for and actually achieving the challenge factor plans.

11. The method according to claim 9, further comprising establishing, by the computing system, the challenge factor plan ambition level as determined by the player.

12. The method according to claim 9, further comprising establishing a skill level for the player.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

modifying a protocol of the player;

adding a challenge factor;

increasing a level of a challenge factor plan;

add challenge factor actions to a challenge factor plan;

remove a challenge factor.

14. The method according to claim 9, further comprising modifying a protocol as a skill level of the player increases or decreases based on the player successfully achieving the challenge factors.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the challenge factors are real-world challenge factors including action to be performed by the player.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the player completing the challenge factors while playing the video game and increasing number of points cause representation of the player to be altered to indicate that the player is reversing a potentially reversible lifestyle related, non-communicable health condition.

17. The method according to claim 9, further comprising allowing a player to compare the player'"'"'s skill level to the skill level of other players.