Patent ID: 8517831

Claim:
A method of location-based gaming involving a player utilizing a mobile electronic communication device and a physical game tool, the mobile electronic communication device executing a program to enable the player to play a game, the method comprising: receiving, on the mobile electronic communication device, from a server, data pertaining to a virtual gaming object associated with a target object location that is based, at least in part, on the physical location of the physical game tool, the target object location being a physical location in a physical world, wherein the physical game tool is (i) physically manipulable by the player, (ii) capable of determining its physical location in the physical world, and (iii) communicatively coupled to the mobile electronic communication device and the server; causing a display device viewable by the player to display the virtual gaming object at a virtual location within the game corresponding to the target object location; and causing the display device to dynamically update the virtual gaming object during play of the game based on changes of the physical location of the physical game tool.