Patents by Inventor Raza Ahmad

Raza Ahmad has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Validating a Player's Real-World Location using Activity Within a Parallel-Reality Game
    Publication number: 20230102462
    Abstract: Systems and methods for linking real world activity, such as real world commercial activity or real world data collection activity, with a location-based parallel reality game are provided. In particular, a game server hosting a parallel reality game can modify, update, or add to game data stored in a game database associated with the parallel reality game to include certain game features in the parallel reality game linked with real world activity in the real world. The game features can be linked with activities in the real world such that player actions associated with the game features in the virtual world can lead to or encourage activity in the real world, such as commercial activity and/or data collection activity in the real world. A one-time password may be used to validate a player's location in the real world and to enable controlled access to game features in the virtual world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: David Kornmann, Bill Kilday, Michael Steranka, Edward Wu, John Hanke, Phillip Craig Keslin, Tatsuo Nomura, Raza Ahmad, Kento Suga, Mike Quigley
  • Validating a player's real-world location using activity within a parallel-reality game
    Patent number: 11541315
    Abstract: Systems and methods for linking real world activity, such as real world commercial activity or real world data collection activity, with a location-based parallel reality game are provided. In particular, a game server hosting a parallel reality game can modify, update, or add to game data stored in a game database associated with the parallel reality game to include certain game features in the parallel reality game linked with real world activity in the real world. The game features can be linked with activities in the real world such that player actions associated with the game features in the virtual world can lead to or encourage activity in the real world, such as commercial activity and/or data collection activity in the real world. A one-time password may be used to validate a player's location in the real world and to enable controlled access to game features in the virtual world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Niantic, Inc.
    Inventors: David Kornmann, Bill Kilday, Michael Steranka, Edward Wu, John Hanke, Phillip Craig Keslin, Tatsuo Nomura, Raza Ahmad, Kento Suga, Mike Quigley
  • VALIDATING A PLAYER'S REAL-WORLD LOCATION USING ACTIVITY WITHIN A PARALLEL-REALITY GAME
    Publication number: 20200298126
    Abstract: Systems and methods for linking real world activity, such as real world commercial activity or real world data collection activity, with a location-based parallel reality game are provided. In particular, a game server hosting a parallel reality game can modify, update, or add to game data stored in a game database associated with the parallel reality game to include certain game features in the parallel reality game linked with real world activity in the real world. The game features can be linked with activities in the real world such that player actions associated with the game features in the virtual world can lead to or encourage activity in the real world, such as commercial activity and/or data collection activity in the real world. A one-time password may be used to validate a player's location in the real world and to enable controlled access to game features in the virtual world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: David Kornmann, Bill Kilday, Michael Steranka, Edward Wu, John Hanke, Phillip Craig Keslin, Tatsuo Nomura, Raza Ahmad, Kento Suga, Mike Quigley
  • Validating a player's real-world location using activity within a parallel reality game
    Patent number: 10717005
    Abstract: Systems and methods for linking real world activity, such as real world commercial activity or real world data collection activity, with a location-based parallel reality game are provided. In particular, a game server hosting a parallel reality game can modify, update, or add to game data stored in a game database associated with the parallel reality game to include certain game features in the parallel reality game linked with real world activity in the real world. The game features can be linked with activities in the real world such that player actions associated with the game features in the virtual world can lead to or encourage activity in the real world, such as commercial activity and/or data collection activity in the real world. A one-time password may be used to validate a player's location in the real world and to enable controlled access to game features in the virtual world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Niantic, Inc.
    Inventors: David Kornmann, Bill Kilday, Michael Steranka, Edward Wu, John Hanke, Phillip Craig Keslin, Tatsuo Nomura, Raza Ahmad, Kento Suga, Mike Quigley
  • VALIDATING A PLAYER'S REAL-WORLD LOCATION USING ACTIVITY WITHIN A PARALLEL REALITY GAME
    Publication number: 20190022530
    Abstract: Systems and methods for linking real world activity, such as real world commercial activity or real world data collection activity, with a location-based parallel reality game are provided. In particular, a game server hosting a parallel reality game can modify, update, or add to game data stored in a game database associated with the parallel reality game to include certain game features in the parallel reality game linked with real world activity in the real world. The game features can be linked with activities in the real world such that player actions associated with the game features in the virtual world can lead to or encourage activity in the real world, such as commercial activity and/or data collection activity in the real world. A one-time password may be used to validate a player's location in the real world and to enable controlled access to game features in the virtual world.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: David Kornmann, Bill Kilday, Michael Steranka, Edward Wu, John Hanke, Phillip Craig Keslin, Tatsuo Nomura, Raza Ahmad, Kento Suga, Mike Quigley