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System and method for providing a virtual object based on physical location and tagging

  • US 8,994,645 B1
  • Filed: 08/06/2010
  • Issued: 03/31/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing a virtual object based on physical location and an identification tag, comprising:

  • maintaining a set of virtual objects in a database on a mobile computing device, each virtual object comprising an action corresponding to a triggerable event associated with an identifier and coordinates for one or more physical locations; and

    executing an application program on the mobile computing device operable by a user comprising a downloadable cartridge written as an executable script that defines each triggerable event, comprising;

    continuously tracking a physical location of the mobile computing device in response to movement of the user and continuously reading an identification tag within range of the mobile computing device that is dynamically determined based on a combination of the continuously read identification tag and the continuously tracked physical location of the mobile computing device;

    matching the continuously tracked physical location and the continuously read identification tag respectively to the coordinates and the identifiers for the virtual objects in the database and triggering the action associated with the virtual object whose identifier was matched to the continuously read identification tag and whose coordinates were matched to the continuously tracked physical location of the corresponding triggerable event; and

    presenting a user experience to the user through a user interface of the mobile computing device in response to a combination of the movement performed by the user and the matched virtual object as an output of the mobile computing device.

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