Patent ID: 9565503
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A63F,G06F,H03G,H04N,H04R,H04S

Claim:
1. A method comprising: using a microphone-equipped portable device to sense signals emitted from first and second audio transducers, said transducers being at first and second different locations in a listening environment; processing the signals to produce position data indicative of a position of the device within said listening environment; and providing said position data to game software executing on the device, enabling the software to present information to a user of the device that depends, in part on said position of the device; wherein the game software (a) assigns a task or role to the user that depends on the user's position in the environment, or (b) grants the user an authority or power in the game based, at least in part, on the user's position in the environment.