Patent ID: 8088004

Claim:
A computer implemented method for implementing environmentally-sensitive simulations on a data processing system, said computer implemented method comprising: in response to continuing receipt of an ambient temperature information obtained by an environmental sensor disposed within a player's room, sending said ambient temperature information in real-time to a simulation application being executed within a data processing system, wherein said simulation application is a video game, wherein said ambient temperature information is also received from a weather information depository via a network to which said data processing system is connected; continuously altering attributes of a background and any playable game characters within said background of a simulated environment generated by said simulation application being executed within said data processing system according to said ambient temperature information obtained in real-time so as to change the storyline of said simulated environment in real-time in said video game; and displaying in real-time said simulated environment having said background and said playable game characters in said altered attributes on a display to said player.