US 11,691,083 B2
Scavenger hunt facilitation
Gerald Hewes, Lexington, MA (US); Carlson Craig, Wakefield, MA (US); Zhikang Ding, Malden, MA (US); Joseph C. Cuccinelli, Jr., Needham, MA (US); David Benaim, Newton Centre, MA (US); Joe Regan, Boston, MA (US); Tricia Chang, Somerville, MA (US); and Andrew P. Goldfarb, Brookline, MA (US)
Assigned to Photo Butler Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/294,989
Filed by Photo Butler Inc., Easton, MA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/063232
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/112759, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/771,542, filed on Nov. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0072429 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/655 (2014.01); A63F 13/216 (2014.01); A63F 13/217 (2014.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01)
CPC A63F 13/655 (2014.09) [A63F 13/216 (2014.09); A63F 13/217 (2014.09); G06V 10/225 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for facilitating a scavenger hunt, the method comprising:
receiving at an interface a list of a plurality of attractions;
communicating the list of the plurality of attractions to at least one device associated with a participant over a network;
receiving imagery from the at least one participant over the network; and
executing, using a processor executing instructions stored on memory to determine whether the received imagery includes at least one of the plurality of attractions, at least one of:
a computer vision procedure to analyze content of the received imagery,
a location procedure to detect where the imagery was gathered; and
a scene detection procedure to gather data corresponding to a scene of the imagery, and a scene identification procedure to receive and analyze the data corresponding to the scene of the imagery to determine whether it is indicative of a certain context;
providing feedback to at least one participant regarding imagery received from the at least one participant, wherein the provided feedback includes a suggestion regarding how to gather imagery to satisfy the scavenger hunt.