Patents Assigned to WILD NEEDLE, INC.
  • Apparatus and Method with Physical Location Check-in that Triggers a Status Change in a Virtual Game
    Publication number: 20120196682
    Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to receive a check-in indication from a physical location with a corresponding virtual location in a virtual game. An attribute in the virtual game is altered based upon the check-in indication. The attribute may be earned points for a user, a virtual object earned by a user or an enhanced popularity measure for the virtual location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: WILD NEEDLE, INC.
    Inventors: Minglei Xu, Puneet Chhabra, Heidi Kay Carson, Tanya Yin Wa Buell, Christopher Michael Kirmse