Patent ID: 9669296
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A63F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of providing a parallel reality game, comprising: hosting, at a game server, a parallel reality game, the parallel reality game having a virtual world with a geography that parallels at least a portion of the geography of the real world such that a player can navigate the virtual world by moving to different geographic locations in the real world; receiving, by the game server, a plurality of requests from a plurality of sponsors, each of the plurality of requests requesting that a virtual element associated with the request be included at a location in the virtual world corresponding to a location of a business in the real world, the business associated with a sponsor that provided the request to the game server from the plurality of sponsors; selecting, by the game server, at least one request from the plurality of requests; responsive to selecting the at least one request, modifying, by the game server, game data to include the virtual element associated with the at least one request in the parallel reality game at the location in the virtual world requested by the at least one request; providing, by the game server, the modified gate data to a client device of a player; and responsive to the client device being within a set distance of the location of the business in the real world of the at least one request, providing, by the game server, a reward to the player.