Systems and methods for managing a persistent virtual avatar with migrational ability

US10406441B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Botanic Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Paco Xander Nathan · Austin, US
• Cathi Joann Cox · Los Angeles, US
• Florian Thomas Leibert · Schweinfurt, DE
• Mark Stephen Meadows · Emeryville, US
• Jan Susan Mallis · Ballina, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 11, 2014
• Grant date: Sep 10, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 11, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2300/6018
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Systems and methods for managing a virtual avatar with migrational ability, and brokering information, are provided. The persistent avatar exists in a plurality of virtual environments and includes attributes generated by an attribute generator, an enabler for enabling virtual environments to access the stored attribute data, and a migrator for allowing the avatar to migrate from one virtual environment to another while the attributes of the persistent avatar remain substantially constant. The enabler utilizes at least one client based on protocol suite. Stored attribute data is modifiable by experiences in any virtual environment. User of the persistent avatar is notified when events occur in any virtual environment, or within real life, by monitoring for events with a monitor, assessing importance of the event with an assessor, and notifying the owner with an informer of the event if it exceeds a threshold of importance.