Patent ID: 8279090
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: G01C,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An entertainment system for providing location-based entertainment in an identified commuting route, the entertainment system comprising: a navigational interface module configured to obtain navigational data from a user; an entertainment selection module configured to utilize the navigational data received from the user, including a plurality of locations on the identified commuting route, to generate a location-based entertainment content including a story or an interactive game having a subject matter for the user while in commute from a past location to a future location on the identified commuting route, the location-based entertainment content including an entertainment specific to the plurality of locations on the identified commuting route determined based on the navigational data, wherein the plurality of locations include the past location and the future location on the identified commuting route, and wherein the entertainment selection module is further configured such that a user selected location from the plurality of locations is used to select the location-based entertainment content, including the story or the interactive game having a subject matter uniquely associated with the user selected location or a point of interest proximate the user selected location, from a plurality of location-based entertainment contents in a database, and wherein the entertainment selection module is further configured to provide the selected location-based entertainment content using one or more animated characters, which are uniquely associated with the user selected location or the point of interest proximate the user selected location; and a presentation module configured to present the location-based entertainment content to the user.