System and a method in a computer-enabled environment for establishing and managing separate reputations for a user and his avatar
US8977960B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 24, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N3/006
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A system and a method in a computer-enabled environment are provided. The method includes the following steps: determining a user reputation of a user designator in response to a user rank of the user designator and an avatar rank of each of at least one avatar designator which is associated with the user designator; and determining an avatar reputation of that avatar designator in response to the avatar rank of that avatar designator and the user rank of the user designator, wherein the user designator corresponds to a real world user, the avatar designator corresponds to a user function in a visualized world of the computer-enabled environment, and each of the at least one avatar designator is manipulatable by the real world user.
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