A Framework for Travel Entertainment in Mobile Location-based Gaming Environment

Travel entertainment has been advanced greatly by the new achievement of positioning technologies and wireless networks. The evolution of the GPS technologies enables the popularity of car navigation systems. Also, the development of location-based games and in-game advertising provide the drivers more entertainment. Integrating the navigation system and in-game advertising to be a new type of location-based game can offer brand-new entertainment to the car drivers who spend a lot of their time in the car. First, this paper introduces the related works. Then, proposes a framework for travel entertainment, which will not only help the drivers to relax themselves, but also provide a valuable platform for advertising. Finally, the availability and feasibility of the framework are illustrated by using an example which is realized based on the framework.