METHOD OF CO-LOCATED SOFTWARE OBJECT SHARING FOR MULTI-PLAYER AUGMENTED REALITY GAMES

摘要

An apparatus, system, and method are described that permit the sharing of a temporary software license from a first computing device to a second computing device. A geographic distance limitation condition may be imposed as a condition for the sharing, such as a proximity range. More generally, the geographical distance limitation may be based around a local area network limitation. One application is to use the geographical distance limitation to permit temporary sharing of a temporary key for a multi-player game in which the players are within a pre-selected geographical distance limitation, such as a distance limitation corresponding to the players being in the same room, within a pre-selected maximum distance, or in the short range local area network.

主权项

1. A method of providing a temporary software license key, or other software objects, for a multi-player computer game comprising:
(a) receiving, at a first computing device, a software license authorizing the first computing device to play a multi-player game and further authorizing the first computing device to share a temporary license key for the multi-player game with other co-located computing devices within a range of the first computing device satisfying a distance limit condition; (b) establishing communication with a second computing device using a short range communication protocol; (c) establishing, by the first computing device, that the physical location of the second computing device is within the distance limit condition; and (e) providing to the second computing device the temporary license key for the second computing device to unlock the multi-player game.