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BOCA RATON, FL June 29, 2007 – LOC-AID, a leading provider of location-based
applications and platforms, today announces the company’s sponsorship of South
Florida’s first “live” location-aware mobile game.
The event will be promoted by 93Rock and features popular venues in South Florida.
The format of the game is a two-stage treasure hunt, the first of which can be
played using a SMS-capable cell phone. Players are directed to specific locations
where they answer trivia questions about the venues. This part of the game will
be conducted around South Florida throughout the month of July and will feature
fun, quiz-show type trivia questions. The game is designed to drive traffic to
the featured venues, where players interact with unique aspects of each venue
to complete the puzzles. The second stage of the game increases the stakes and
the speed of play while showcasing the richer environment provided by advanced
handsets & networks. The 20 top-scoring winners from stage one and will play
for the $10,000 grand prize. The Grand Prize Event will be begin at Shooter’s
Café in Fort Lauderdale and feature nearby venues.
“This promotion inherits the best aspects of CBS’s Amazing Race and a live treasure
hunt” stated Isaias Sudit, CEO of LOC-AID. “The game combines the immediacy of
the mobile phone in a local contest with the excitement of chasing real treasure.
This event was born out of our desire to showcase the many unique and fun venues
in and around South Florida. We are committed to the idea that the mobile phone
is a powerful platform for connecting people to interesting venues” stated Mr.
Sudit.
The 93Rock promotion was created using LOC-AID mobile marketing platform called
Marketing ACE (Application Creation Engine). The platform allows Fortune 500 enterprises
and content companies to efficiently deploy location-aware marketing campaigns.
Marketing ACE enables mobile games such as “treasure/scavenger” hunts or point-to-point
"chases" which encompass a relevant marketing theme within the game. The Marketing
ACE platform delivers content-rich interactions such as pictures, video, sound
or text and can be provided as SMS, MMS, WAP or as a downloadable application.
Branded media can thus be incorporated into the game to give each campaign its
own unique branding.
About LOC-AID Technologies
LOC-AID, based in Boca Raton FL, has developed a suite of award-winning location-based
services (LBS) solutions, which include Friend Finder, Social Networking, and
Gaming, as well as creating the first fully integrated LBS aggregation Gateway/Portal.
LOC-AID's current LBS offerings are available through seven carriers worldwide,
and will launch in the U.S. in H2 2007. LOC-AID’s winning suite of LBS applications
also includes the innovative LOC-AID Treasure, which recently won the Entertainment
and Leisure category of the 2006 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge™. For more information,
visit www.loc-aid.net. |