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Controlling attribute expression within a virtual environment

US9220981B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

John M. Lance · Littleton, US
Josef Scherpa · Fort Collins, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 30, 2008
Grant date	Dec 29, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 24, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06N3/006
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of controlling attribute expression for an avatar within a virtual environment can include defining a rule that determines expression of an attribute of a first avatar conditioned upon an attribute of at least one other avatar within a virtual environment and, responsive to the first avatar contacting a second avatar within the virtual environment, determining an attribute of the second avatar. The method can include determining whether to express the attribute of the first avatar according to the attribute of the second avatar as determined by the rule and outputting a state of the first avatar specifying each attribute selected for expression.

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