ポケモンGOにないイングレスの陣取りゲーム特許

前回ブログでNiantic(ナイアンティック)の特許を紹介した。

ポケモンGOの基本特許かと思ったのですが、そうではなく、

「Ingress」（イングレス）の陣取りゲームの特許でした。

イングレスの陣取りゲームは、プレイヤーを青組と緑組の2陣営に別け、

実世界の地図に重ねた仮想空間上の拠点を取り合い、

同じ組の取った拠点を結んだエリアを陣地として、その面積を得点として競うルールがある。

一方、NianticのUS9545565の権利（クレーム）は、

チームワークによって取り合う複数のポータルで囲まれる領域によってスコア化するというもの。

イングレスは、チームワークをゲーム性にしていますが、

ポケモンGOは、チームワークのこのゲーム機能に取り入れなかった点が大きく違うようです。

詳細は以下クレームをみてください。

A computer-implemented method for scoring player interactions within a location-based parallel reality game, the method comprisingreceiving, by a computer system from a mobile device of a player, a request to link a plurality of portals captured by a team in a virtual world of a parallel reality game that parallels at least a portion of a real world, the player a member of the team;

receiving, by the computer system from the mobile device, a location of the player in the real world, the location of the player in the real world determined by a positioning device included with the mobile device;

mapping, by the computer system, the location of the player in the real world to a location in the virtual world;

determining, by the computer system, whether the location in the virtual world is within an interaction range of at least one portal from the plurality of portals in the virtual world;

responsive to determining that the location in the virtual world is within the interaction range of the at least one portal, linking, by the computer system, the plurality of virtual portals to generate a captured region within the virtual world;

identifying, by the computer system, a geographic region within the real world corresponding to the captured region within the virtual world; and

assigning, by the computer system, a score to the team for the captured region based on a population density of the geographic region.

続2）ポケモンGOの基本特許

今朝発見したポケモンGOの基本特許は、前回ブログで紹介した。

ここでは、２件目を紹介する。

しかも、タイムリー。

約１０日前の1月17日に登録特許となったNianticのUS9545565。

タイトル「Regulating and scoring player interactions within a virtual world associated with a location-based parallel reality game」のGoogle翻訳は「位置ベースのパラレルリアリティゲームに関連する仮想世界内でのプレーヤの対話を調整しスコアリングする」で、やはり、ポケモンGOの基本特許と思われる。

• Regulating and scoring player interactions within a virtual world associated with a location-based parallel reality game

  Patent number: 9545565

  Abstract: A parallel reality game has a virtual world that parallels at least a portion of the real world. A captured region is identified within the virtual world that is associated with a team within the parallel reality game. A geographic region is identified within the real world corresponding to the captured region within the virtual world. Data associated with population density for at least a portion of the geographic region is accessed. A score is assigned for the captured region based on the population density.

  Type: Grant

  Filed: October 31, 2013

  Date of Patent: January 17, 2017

  Assignee: Niantic, Inc.

  Inventors: David Kornmann, Alexander Vladimirov, Chris Hibbert, Jim Wang, Charles Spirakis, John Hanke

  
  

続）ポケモンGOの基本特許

Niantic　US特許を調べてみました。

ポケモンGOのゲーム性に関する内容の特許が見たかった。

GOのゲーム性は、プレイヤの実世界と平行な仮想世界があって、

仮想世界にいるポケモンデータをプレイヤ別にフィルタリングして表示するというものである。

上の地図と下の地図が示されている特許図面で説明する。

上が実世界で、下が仮想世界である。

仮想世界の地図には、ポケモンデータがちりばめられている。

一方、実世界の地図には、プライヤが仮想世界上のポケモンデータを取ろうとしていることがわかる。

US9226106B1

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method of filtering communication for a location-based game, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more computing devices, communication data for a plurality of players associated with the location based-game, the location based game comprising a virtual world that parallels at least a portion of the real world such that the plurality of players continuously navigate the virtual world as the players continuously navigate the real world; and

filtering, by the one or more computing devices, the communication data for each player based on one or more signals associated with the respective player, the communication data comprising one or more messages between the plurality of players associated with the location-based game; and

adjusting, by the one or more computing devices, the filtered communication data for each player based on one or more constraints associated with each respective player;

wherein the one or more signals associated with the respective player comprise one or more of location data, player level data, real world contacts data, custom team data, game social graph data, potential portal capture team members data, portal subscription data, following a player data, game mode data, game territory data, portal linking data, distress data, game actions data, target acquisition call data, game entity message data, game character message data, spy mode data, stealth mode data, view zoom level data, or combinations thereof.