Abstract: A system and method of this disclosure allows tagging a real world object (a playground) to virtual gameplay data. Therefore, an anatomy of the activities happening at each playground can be obtained, using a measurement system that is oriented around the playground. In embodiments, playground events are amalgamated into sessions, the location of the session being a centroid of the individual event locations. A collection of sessions for each playground is stored in a database. Where the session location is within a predetermined radius of a playground location, the session is assigned to the playground. This allows for reports to be generated that provide insights for a given playground such as but not limited to equipment utilization, popular times of day, popular days of the week, weather trends, popular pieces of equipment, and exercise profiles.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure (a) establish a baseline estimate of foot traffic for one or more playgrounds, the baseline estimate being a number of mobile devices running a playground game software divided by a percentage of mobile devices within the pre-defined geographic area sharing geo-location data; (b) create a training set containing playground variables collected by playground game software and other variables collected outside of the playground game software; (c) pre-process the playground variables and the other variables using a plurality of algorithms in order to derive feature columns; (d) train on the training set a plurality of stacked and unstacked learning algorithms; (e) obtain, using a stacking ensemble, a final estimate of the foot traffic for each of the one or more playgrounds. wherein the final estimate is an average of the stacked and unstacked learning algorithms; and (f) display the final estimate on a graphical user interface.

Abstract: Embodiments of a community-integrated smart playground of this disclosure and a method of its use include tracking geo-specific play data, populating a queue of digital notices, displaying one or more of the digital notices on a mobile device as a user plays on the playground and progresses through a virtual game dependent upon the playground activity, and producing revenue for the playground through the display or use of the digital notices. The playground includes at least one physical play structure containing a computer-readable identification tag, the at least one physical play structure representing a physical play activity. The virtual game may be non-analogous to the physical play but game progress is determined by the physical play. The system and method of its use may be executed by at least one mobile device having at least one microprocessor in network communication with the computer-readable identification tag and including associated software.

Abstract: Embodiments of a community-integrated smart playground of this disclosure and a method of its use include tracking geo-specific play data, populating a queue of digital notices, displaying one or more of the digital notices on a mobile device as a user plays on the playground and progresses through a virtual game dependent upon the playground activity, and producing revenue for the playground through the display or use of the digital notices. The playground includes at least one physical play structure containing a computer-readable identification tag, the at least one physical play structure representing a physical play activity. The virtual game may be non-analogous to the physical play but game progress is determined by the physical play. The system and method of its use may be executed by at least one mobile device having at least one microprocessor in network communication with the computer-readable identification tag and including associated software.