Promoting exploration
First Claim
1. One or more computer-readable storage media that store executable instructions to encourage exploration of a physical area, the executable instructions, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform acts comprising:
- maintaining an exploration score for a user;
first determining where said user is located;
second determining, based on a heat map of said user'"'"'s historical movement, that said user is physically outside of said user'"'"'s area of common presence;
based on said user'"'"'s being in a place that is outside of said user'"'"'s area of common presence, increasing said user'"'"'s exploration score; and
publishing said user'"'"'s exploration score,said user having previously visited said place before said first determining, said acts further comprising;
third determining an amount of time that has passed between said user'"'"'s previously visiting said place and said first determining, said increasing of said user'"'"'s score being based on said amount of time.
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Abstract
Exploration outside of a person'"'"'s normal area may be detected and rewarded. In one example, a game (or other type of application) may be built around such exploration. A device carried by a user (pursuant to appropriate permission obtained from the user) may report the user'"'"'s location to a presence detector. The presence detector may use this information to build a heat map, indicating the user'"'"'s areas of common presence. When the location information received from the device indicates that the user has ventured outside of the user'"'"'s area of common presence, this exploration event may be rewarded with an increase in the user'"'"'s score. The user'"'"'s score may be published on social media.
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17 Claims
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1. One or more computer-readable storage media that store executable instructions to encourage exploration of a physical area, the executable instructions, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform acts comprising:
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maintaining an exploration score for a user; first determining where said user is located; second determining, based on a heat map of said user'"'"'s historical movement, that said user is physically outside of said user'"'"'s area of common presence; based on said user'"'"'s being in a place that is outside of said user'"'"'s area of common presence, increasing said user'"'"'s exploration score; and publishing said user'"'"'s exploration score, said user having previously visited said place before said first determining, said acts further comprising; third determining an amount of time that has passed between said user'"'"'s previously visiting said place and said first determining, said increasing of said user'"'"'s score being based on said amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of encouraging exploration of a physical area, the method comprising:
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using a processor to perform acts comprising; receiving a plurality of location data indicating a user'"'"'s location at points in time; first determining, based on said plurality of location data, said user'"'"'s area of common presence; second determining where said user is located at a point in time; third determining, based on said user'"'"'s area of common presence, that said user is, at said point in time, physically in a place that is outside of said area of common presence; based on said user'"'"'s being in a place that is outside of said user'"'"'s area of common presence, increasing an exploration score of said user; and publishing said user'"'"'s exploration score, said user having previously visited said place before said second determining, said acts further comprising; determining a amount of time that has passed between said user'"'"'s previously visiting said place and said point in time, said increasing of said user'"'"'s score being based on said amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for encouraging exploration of a physical area, the system comprising:
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a memory; a processor; a score generator that maintains an exploration score for a user; an exploration detector that determines where said user is located and that determines, based on a heat map of said user'"'"'s historical movement, that said user is physically outside of said user'"'"'s area of common presence, said score generator increasing, based on said user'"'"'s being in a place that is outside of said user'"'"'s area of common presence, said user'"'"'s exploration score; and a score publisher that publishes said user'"'"'s exploration score, said user having previously visited said place plural times, said score generator determining an amount of time that has passed between said user'"'"'s visits to said place, said score generator increasing said user'"'"'s score based on said amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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