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System and method for creating an avatar

  • US 10,022,631 B2
  • Filed: 06/02/2009
  • Issued: 07/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for creating an avatar representing a level of athletic activity of a user, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at a computing device, user specifications for creating the avatar representing an amount of athletic activity performed by the user;

    determining, by the computing device, a set of one or more selectable avatar customization options based on the amount of athletic activity performed by the user;

    providing the set of one or more avatar customization options to the user;

    determining, by the computing device, a frequency of a type of athletic activity previously performed by the user;

    generating a user interface displaying the avatar and other avatars in a distance traversed competition, where each avatar represents a user competing in the distance traversed competition, the user interface including a first portion displaying all avatars in the distance traversed competition and representing an entirety of a distance associated with the distance traversed competition, where a horizontal position of each displayed avatar represents the distance covered by the user represented by the avatar during the distance traversed competition, and a second portion displaying a portion of the distance associated with the distance traversed competition, the portion of the distance being less than the entirety of the distance associated with the distance traversed competition and the portion of the distance being dynamically determined based on a number of avatars matching a predetermined number of avatars for display in the second portion, the second portion displaying fewer than all of the avatars in the distance traversed competition; and

    based on the determined frequency of the type of athletic activity previously performed by the user;

    selecting a type of activity for the avatar to perform, wherein different frequencies of the type of athletic activity previously performed by the user correspond to different respective types of activity for the avatar to perform and wherein the selected type of activity is different from the type of athletic activity previously performed by the user; and

    animating the avatar to perform the selected type of activity and display the avatar in the second portion.

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