| CPC A63F 13/792 (2014.09) | 17 Claims |
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1. A method for providing customized interactive gaming application content associated with a video game to a user at a user device based on user access privileges, the method comprising:
storing in memory:
one or more user preferences of the user, and
information regarding a plurality of access tiers, each access tier associated with a different set of gaming access rights;
analyzing, by a gaming server in communication with the user device, tracked physical movement of the user by a tracking device communicatively coupled to the user device in association with one or more gaming elements in one or more media content;
receiving data identifying a game of interest to the user, wherein the game of interest is associated with one or more gaming elements that correspond to a preferred gaming element indicated by the stored user preferences and the tracked physical movement of the user at the user device in association with the preferred gaming element in the one or more media content;
determining a user access tier of the plurality of access tiers applicable to the user;
identifying a sequence within the interactive gaming application that includes the preferred gaming element and that corresponds to the determined user access tier, the identified sequence including a plurality of predetermined stoppage points;
adjusting the tracking device based on the identified sequence including the preferred gaming element, wherein the adjusted tracking device captures an updated physical movement of the user;
customizing content of the interactive gaming application to include one or more sub-portions of the game of interest, wherein customizing the interacting gaming application content includes relocating at least one of the predetermined stoppage points within the identified sequence based on the preferred gaming element indicated by the updated physical movement of the user;
interrupting the customized interactive gaming application content at the relocated predetermined stoppage point during gameplay of the customized interactive gaming application content by the user device; and
providing a prompt to the user device, wherein the prompt concerns updating the user access tier to permit continued gameplay of the video game associated with the customized interactive gaming application content.
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