Patent ID: 7435179

Claim:
A method for controlling a gaming action for a game comprising the steps of: periodically receiving geographical locations of a plurality of game players from wireless communication devices carried by the plurality of game players; determining, from the geographical locations, whether any of the game players are within a specified range of one another, and, if the step of determining results in at least one game player being within the specified range of at least one other game player, sending an in-range message to the at least one game player's wireless communication device that is within the specified range of the at least one other game player, whereby the at least one game player is authorized to take the gaming action in accordance with rules of the game; wherein the at least one game player operates a shooting device and the wireless communication device, the shooting device communicatively coupled to the wireless communication device, and wherein the shooting device is rendered from an inoperative state to an operative state upon receipt of the in-range message.