Systems and methods for providing a virtual world commodity device
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1. A system comprising:
- a virtual world commodity device including a housing and a memory, the memory comprising data associated with the virtual world commodity device;
wherein the virtual world commodity device is enabled to communicate with a virtual world environment to provide at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device; and
wherein the at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device is associated with a first anonymous profile of a first user associated with a virtual world commodity in the virtual world environment and enables the virtual world environment to provide a virtual representation of the virtual world commodity device, wherein the first anonymous profile comprises information corresponding to one or more commodities accrued by the first user in the virtual world environment and does not contain (i) any personal information provided by the first user or (ii) any information regarding physical monetary transactions, wherein the first anonymous profile is dissociable from the virtual world commodity device such that a second anonymous profile of a second user can be associated with the virtual world commodity device.
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Abstract
The present invention describes methods and apparatus to enable efficient and protected interaction with a virtual world environment. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a system including a virtual world commodity device including a housing and a memory. Furthermore, the system includes a product unique identifier stored in the memory of the virtual world commodity device. The virtual world commodity device is enabled to communicate with a virtual world environment to provide the product unique identifier and the virtual world environment provides a globally unique identifier to be stored in the memory of the virtual world commodity device.
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1. A system comprising:
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a virtual world commodity device including a housing and a memory, the memory comprising data associated with the virtual world commodity device; wherein the virtual world commodity device is enabled to communicate with a virtual world environment to provide at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device; and wherein the at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device is associated with a first anonymous profile of a first user associated with a virtual world commodity in the virtual world environment and enables the virtual world environment to provide a virtual representation of the virtual world commodity device, wherein the first anonymous profile comprises information corresponding to one or more commodities accrued by the first user in the virtual world environment and does not contain (i) any personal information provided by the first user or (ii) any information regarding physical monetary transactions, wherein the first anonymous profile is dissociable from the virtual world commodity device such that a second anonymous profile of a second user can be associated with the virtual world commodity device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A virtual world commodity device comprising:
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a housing; and a memory coupled to the housing, the memory comprising data associated with the virtual world commodity device; wherein the virtual world commodity device is enabled to communicate with a virtual world environment to provide at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device; wherein the at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device is associated with a first anonymous profile of a first user associated with a virtual world commodity in the virtual world environment and enables the virtual world environment to provide a virtual representation of the virtual world commodity device, wherein the first anonymous profile comprises information corresponding to one or more commodities accrued by the first user in the virtual world environment and does not contain (i) any personal information provided by the first user or (ii) any information regarding physical monetary transactions; wherein the at least a portion of the data associated with virtual world commodity device includes at least one of a product unique identifier and a global unique identifier; wherein the virtual representation of the virtual commodity device is manipulable by the first user in the virtual world environment; wherein the first anonymous profile is dissociable from the virtual world commodity device such that a second anonymous profile of a second user can be associated with the virtual world commodity device.
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12. A method comprising:
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enabling communication between a virtual world commodity device and a virtual world environment, the virtual world commodity device including a housing and a memory, the memory comprising data associated with the virtual world commodity device; associating at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device with a first anonymous profile of a first user associated with a virtual world commodity in the virtual world environment, wherein the first anonymous profile comprises information corresponding to one or more commodities accrued by the first user in the virtual world environment and does not contain (i) any personal information provided by the first user or (ii) any information regarding physical monetary transactions, wherein the first anonymous profile is dissociable from the virtual world commodity device such that a second anonymous profile of a second user can be associated with the virtual world commodity device; and providing a virtual representation of the virtual world commodity device in the virtual world environment based on the at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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