Systems and methods for editing virtual content of a virtual space

• US 10,222,953 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2014
• Issued: 03/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Vesco, Benjamin
• Primary Examiner(s): Brophy, Matthew J
• Application Number:
  US14/266,714
• Publication Number:
  US 20150317040A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,770 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/533 for prompting the player, e.g. by displaying a game menu
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/60 Generating or modifying game content before or while executing the game program, e.g. authoring tools specially adapted for game development or game-integrated level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/63 by the player, e.g. authoring using a level editor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/00 3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/00 Three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects

Abstract

A system for editing virtual content of a virtual space. The system may include a host server comprising one or more physical processors configured to effectuate presentation of an editing interface on a client computing platform associated with an administrator user. The files may store property values for the properties of the virtual content of the virtual space. The property value for a property of virtual content may be determined based on a selection of a file that stores the property value. The editing interface may be configured to receive selection of a file from a group of files that stores different property values for the same property in order to implement the property value(s) of the selected file. The editing interface may be configured to present visual cues to the administrator related to the selection of files that store different property values for the properties of the virtual content.

Claims

1. A system for editing virtual content of a virtual space, the system comprising:

non-transitory electronic storage configured to store electronic files, individual ones of the electronic files defining one or more instances of one or more virtual objects implemented in one or more instances of the virtual space, an individual file being associated with one or more virtual object properties, the individual file storing individual property values for individual ones of the one or more virtual object properties associated with the individual file, such that;

the electronic files include a first file and a second file concurrently stored in the non-transitory electronic storage, the first file being associated with a first property, the first file storing a first value for the first property, the second file being associated with the first property, the second file storing a second value for the first property;

a first instance of a first virtual object in a first instance of the virtual space is defined, at least in part, by the first file or the second file based on implementation of either the first file or the second file; and

implementing the first file during execution of the first instance of the virtual space causes the first instance of the first virtual object to be perceived in a first manner in the first instance of the virtual space, and implementing the second file during the execution of the first instance of the virtual space causes the first instance of the first virtual object to be perceived in a second manner in the first instance of the virtual space, the second manner being different from the first manner; and

one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to;

execute the first instance of the virtual space, wherein executing the first instance of the virtual space includes implementing either the first file or the second file, the first instance of the virtual space being implemented to facilitate participation by a player in the first instance of the virtual space via a computing platform associated with the player, wherein the property value for the first property of the first instance of the first virtual object in the executed first instance of the virtual space is determined based on the selection of either the first file or the second file;

effectuate presentation of an editing interface configured to facilitate selection of files by administrators of the virtual space, the editing interface including;

one or more layers that correspond to file groups, a given file group including a set of files that store different property values for one or more virtual object properties that are associated commonly between individual files in the set of files, wherein a given layer corresponding to the given file group is selectable by an administrator to facilitate making further selections of individual files within the set of files included in the given file group; and

wherein the editing interface includes a first layer corresponding to a first file group, the first file group including the first file and the second file, wherein the first layer is selectable by the administrator to facilitate making a further selection of the first file or the second file to define the property value of the first property of the first instance of the first virtual object by either the first value or the second value; and

track player behavior within the virtual space and associate changes in player behavior with changes in property values of virtual object properties, the associations guiding future selections of individual property values among multiple property values available for individual virtual object properties of one or more other virtual objects, the future selections being made for one or more other players of the virtual space to elicit one or more behaviors from the one or more other players in the virtual space, such that responsive to tracking the player'"'"'s behavior and determining a first behavioral change when the property value of the first property of the first instance of the first virtual object is changed from the first value to the second value, the first behavioral change is associated with the change in the property value of the first property, the association guiding a first future selection of an individual property value from among a first set of property values for a second property of a second virtual object, the first future selection being made for a second player participating in a second instance of the virtual space to elicit one or more behaviors from the second player.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions such that the editing interface is further configured to present one or more of:

an identification of one or more instances of one or more virtual objects that are implemented in a given instance of the virtual space;

one or more of the virtual object properties of the instances of the one or more virtual objects;

or

property values associated with individual ones of one or more virtual object properties according to selected files; and

wherein the editing interface is further configured to present one or more of an identification of the first instance of the first virtual object in the first instance of the virtual space, the first property, or a third value for the first property for the first instance of the first virtual object, the third value being presented based on a selection of a third file that stores the third value for the first property.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions such that the editing interface is further configured to receive selection by the administrator of the first file for overriding the third value with the first value to effectuate a change in the first property of the first instance of the first virtual object in the first instance of the virtual space.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the one or more physical processors are configured by machine-readable instructions such that the editing interface is further configured such that the selection by the administrator of the first file is visually indicated on the editing interface.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions such that the editing interface is further configured to receive selection by the administrator of the second file for overriding the third value with the second value to effectuate a change in the first property of the first instance of the first virtual object in the first instance of the virtual space.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions such that the editing interface is further configured such that a portion of the editing interface that displays property values for virtual object properties that are commonly associated with files included in a file group are visually highlighted in response to a selection of a layer that corresponds to the file group.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the editing interface is further configured such that selection by the administrator of the first file or the second file is further configured to define the value of the first property for one or more other instances of the first virtual object in one or more other instances of the virtual space, the other instances of the virtual space being associated with other players.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more other instances of the first virtual object includes a second instance of the first virtual object, the second instance of the first virtual object being implemented in another instance of the virtual space.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein tracking player behavior comprises tracking player purchases of virtual objects through a virtual shop, and wherein eliciting one or more behaviors comprises eliciting purchases of virtual objects through the virtual shop.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more physical processors are further configured by machine-readable instructions to:

present offers to sell instances of virtual objects to players in the virtual shop, such that a first offer to sell the first instance of first virtual object is presented to the player based on the first property being defined by the first value, and a second offer to sell the first instance of the first virtual object is presented to the player based on the first property being defined by the second value; and

wherein the first behavioral change is determined based on whether the player executes the first offer or the second offer.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more other instances of the first virtual object includes a second instance of the first virtual object, the second instance of the first virtual object being implemented in another instance of the virtual space.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the first file is one of an RDF, XML, or JSON file, and the second file is one of an RDF, XML, or JSON file.

7. A method of editing virtual content of a virtual space, the method being implemented in a computer system including one or more physical processors and non-transitory electronic storage storing machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:

storing electronic files that define one or more instances of one or more virtual objects implemented in one or more instances of the virtual space, an individual file being associated with one or more virtual object properties, the individual file storing individual property values for individual ones of the one or more virtual object properties associated with the individual file, such that;

the electronic files include a first file and a second file which are concurrently stored, the first file being associated with a first property, the first file storing a first value for the first property, the second file being associated with the first property, the second file storing a second value for the first property;

a first instance of a first virtual object in a first instance of the virtual space is defined, at least in part, by the first file or the second file based on implementation of either the first file or the second file; and

implementing the first file during execution of the first instance of the virtual space causes the first instance of the first virtual object to be perceived in a first manner in the first instance of the virtual space, and implementing the second file during the execution of the first instance of the virtual space causes the first instance of the first virtual object be perceived in a second manner in the first instance of the virtual space, the second manner being different from the first manner;

executing the first instance of the virtual space, wherein executing the first instance of the virtual space includes implementing either the first file or the second file, the first instance of the virtual space being implemented to facilitate participation by a player in the first instance of the virtual space via a computing platform associated with the player, wherein the property value for the first property of the first instance of the first virtual object in the executed first instance of the virtual space is determined based on the selection of either the first file or the second file;

effectuating presentation of an editing interface configured to facilitate selection of files by administrators of the virtual space, the editing interface including;

one or more layers that correspond to file groups, a given file group including a set of files that store different property values for one or more virtual object properties that are associated commonly between individual files in the set of files, wherein a given layer corresponding to the given file group is selectable by an administrator to facilitate making further selections of the different files within the set of files; and

wherein the editing interface includes a first layer corresponding to a first file group, the first file group including the first file and the second file, wherein the first layer is selectable by the administrator to facilitate making a further selection of the first file or the second file to define the property value of the first property of the first instance of the first virtual object by either the first value or the second value; and

tracking player behavior within the virtual space and associating changes in player behavior with changes in property values of virtual object properties, the associations guiding future selections of individual property values among multiple property values available for individual virtual object properties of one or more other virtual objects, the future selections being made for one or more other players of the virtual space to elicit one or more behaviors from the one or more other players in the virtual space, including, responsive to tracking the player'"'"'s behavior and determining a first behavioral change when the property value of the first property of the first instance of the first virtual object is changed from the first value to the second value, associating the first behavioral change with the change in the property value of the first property, the association guiding a first future selection of an individual property value from among a first set of property values for a second property of a second virtual object, the first future selection being made for a second player participating in a second instance of the virtual space to elicit one or more behaviors from the second player.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the editing interface is further configured to present one or more of:

an identification of one or more instances of one or more virtual objects that are implemented in a given instance of the virtual space;

one or more of the virtual object properties of the instance of the one or more virtual objects;

or

property values associated with individual ones of one or more virtual object properties according to selected files;

such that

the editing interface is further configured to present an identification of the first instance of the first virtual object in the first instance of the virtual space, the first property, and a third value for the first property, the third value determined based on a selection of a third file that stores the third value for the first property.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the editing interface is further configured to receive selection by the administrator of the first file for overriding the third value with the first value to effectuate a change in the first property of the first instance of the first virtual object in the first instance of the virtual space.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the editing interface is further configured such that the selection by the administrator of the first file is visually indicated on the editing interface.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the editing interface is further configured to receive selection by the administrator of the second file for overriding the third value with the second value to effectuate a change in the first property of the first instance of the first virtual object in the first instance of the virtual space.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the editing interface is further configured such that a portion of the editing interface that displays property values for virtual objects properties that are commonly associated with files of a file group are visually highlighted in response to a selection of a layer that corresponds to the file group.

17. The method of claim 7, wherein the editing interface is further configured such that selection by the administrator of the first file or the second file is further configured to define the value of the first property for one or more other instances of the first virtual object in one or more other instances of the virtual space, the other instances of the virtual space being associated with other players.

19. The method of claim 7, wherein tracking player behavior comprises tracking player purchases of virtual objects through a virtual shop, and wherein eliciting one or more behaviors comprises eliciting purchases of virtual objects through the virtual shop.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

presenting offers to sell instances of virtual objects to players in the virtual shop, including presenting a first offer to sell the first instance of first virtual object to the player based on the first property being defined by the first value, and presenting a second offer to sell the first instance of the first virtual object the player based on the first property being defined by the second value; and

wherein the first behavioral change is determined based on whether the player executes the first offer or the second offer.

22. The method of claim 7, wherein the first file is one of an RDF, XML, or JSON file, and the second file is one of an RDF, XML, or JSON file.