{
  "patent_number": "US 12738125",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Games Give You Rewards Based on Where You Are and What You've Done",
  "original_title": "System and method for utilizing location-based analytics to provide gaming awards",
  "summary": "This patent describes a system that gives players in-game benefits by looking at both their real-world location and their past actions within the game.",
  "what_it_does": "This system provides a player with a benefit, like a special item or bonus, by combining two pieces of information: their current location and their past game activity. For example, if a player has a history of completing quests in a fantasy game (game play history data) and they are currently near a specific landmark in the real world (location data), the system might automatically give them a rare item or unlock a new quest tied to that location. The abstract states it uses \"location data associated with the player and game play history data associated with the player\" to provide a \"benefit\". Without the full patent claims, the exact mechanisms for how this data is collected, analyzed, or how the benefit is determined are not specified.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover systems that provide awards based only on a player's location, without also considering their game play history.",
    "Does not cover systems that provide awards based only on a player's game play history, without also considering their real-world location.",
    "Does not cover non-gaming applications where location and history data might be used for other purposes, like targeted advertising outside of a game context.",
    "Does not cover systems where the 'benefit' is not directly tied to a gaming award, such as a discount on a physical product unrelated to the game."
  ],
  "filed": "2023-08-02",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "gaming",
    "software",
    "telecommunications",
    "consumer_electronics"
  ],
  "abstract": "A system that provides a player a benefit based on location data associated with the player and game play history data associated with the player.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12738125/system-and-method-for-utilizing-location-based-analytics-to-provide-gaming",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12738125/system-and-method-for-utilizing-location-based-analytics-to-provide-gaming/md",
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