INTERACTIVE GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
First Claim
1. An interactive gaming system comprising:
- a mobile computing device operating a gaming application;
an achievement engine communicatively coupled to the mobile computing device, wherein the achievement engine receives and stores data related to use of the gaming application;
an electronic offer generated by the achievement engine and sent to the mobile computing device in response to a user completing a predetermined event in the gaming application operating on the mobile computing device, wherein the electronic offer is redeemable in a physical store; and
a tracking system communicatively coupled to the achievement engine, the tracking system located in a store associated with the interactive gaming system, wherein;
the tracking system identifies the mobile computing device operating the gaming application in the store and sends event data to the achievement engine in response to determining the user has performed an in-store trigger event; and
the mobile computing device operating the gaming application receives gaming benefits for use in the gaming application in response to the achievement engine processing the event data received from the tracking system.
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Abstract
Provided is an interactive gaming system and method The system includes a mobile computing device operating a gaming application and an achievement engine communicatively coupled to the mobile computing device, wherein the achievement engine receives and stores data related to use of the gaming application. An electronic offer redeemable in a physical store is generated by the achievement engine and sent to the mobile computing device in response to a user completing a predetermined event in the gaming application operating. The system includes a tracking system located in a store associated with the interactive gaming system. The tracking system identifies the mobile computing device operating in the store and sends event data to the achievement engine in response to determining the user has performed an in-store trigger event. The mobile computing device receives gaming benefits in response to the achievement engine processing the event data received from the tracking system.
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17 Claims
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1. An interactive gaming system comprising:
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a mobile computing device operating a gaming application; an achievement engine communicatively coupled to the mobile computing device, wherein the achievement engine receives and stores data related to use of the gaming application; an electronic offer generated by the achievement engine and sent to the mobile computing device in response to a user completing a predetermined event in the gaming application operating on the mobile computing device, wherein the electronic offer is redeemable in a physical store; and a tracking system communicatively coupled to the achievement engine, the tracking system located in a store associated with the interactive gaming system, wherein; the tracking system identifies the mobile computing device operating the gaming application in the store and sends event data to the achievement engine in response to determining the user has performed an in-store trigger event; and the mobile computing device operating the gaming application receives gaming benefits for use in the gaming application in response to the achievement engine processing the event data received from the tracking system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of using an interactive gaming system, the method comprising:
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operating a gaming application installed on a mobile computing device; communicating data related to operation of the gaming application to an achievement engine communicatively coupled to the mobile computing device; storing the data related to operation of the gaming application in memory of the achievement engine; automatically generating an electronic offer by the achievement engine and delivering the electronic offer to the mobile computing device in response to completing a predetermined event in the gaming application, wherein the electronic offer is redeemable in a physical store; determining by a tracking system that the mobile computing device operating the gaming application is within a store associated with the interactive gaming system; sending event data to the achievement engine in response to determining the user has performed an in-store trigger event; and receiving gaming benefits at the mobile computing device operating the gaming application gaming benefits for use in the gaming application in response to the achievement engine processing the event data received from the tracking system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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