Patent ID: 9289683
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. A computerized method comprising: receiving, from a sensor system, sensor data relating to an athletic performance of a first user; identifying, by a processor, a first time period to perform a first threshold level of physical activity necessary to obtain a first virtual reward in a virtual world, wherein the virtual world comprises a first virtual region associated with a first avatar representing and controllable by the first user and a second virtual region associated with a second avatar representing and controllable by a second user, wherein the first threshold level is determined in accordance with characteristics of a virtual item in the first virtual region of the virtual world and the first virtual reward is associated with the virtual item, and wherein the first virtual region is a distinct and separate environment from the second virtual region; determining, by the processor, that the sensor data indicates the first user has performed the first threshold level of physical activity during the first time period, and in response, providing the first virtual reward to the first user, wherein the first virtual reward is configured to result in at least one of: providing a first function for the virtual item within the first virtual region; and acquiring a new virtual asset for the virtual item; and determining, by the processor, that the sensor data indicates the first user has failed to meet a second threshold level of physical activity during second time period, and in response altering an appearance of the first virtual region.