Virtual-world avatar-based advertising with gestures and predetermined payments
US8515813B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 25, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 5, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/0273
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique for advertising in a virtual-world includes installing an advertising gesture in an inventory of a user that has an associated avatar. The user is credited with a predetermined payment when the associated avatar performs the advertising gesture and the associated avatar is viewable on-screen when the advertising gesture is performed.
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