Management of resources within a virtual world
First Claim
1. A device comprising a connecting element arranged to receive one or more smart beads, wherein a smart bead represents a virtual resource in an interactive software experience or an action on a virtual resource in the interactive software experience, the device comprising:
- a bead detection module arranged to detect and identify a combination of two or more smart beads attached to the connecting element, wherein a first smart bead in the combination of smart beads represents a first virtual resource or action and a second smart bead in the combination of smart beads represents a second virtual resource or action; and
a resource management module arranged to autonomously update quantities of one or more additional virtual resources that are;
different from both the first virtual resource or action and the second virtual resource or action, andnot represented by the first smart bead, the second smart bead, or the detected combination,wherein the autonomous updating is performed based at least in part on;
the detected smart bead combination, andone or more equations or expressions defining an effect on the additional virtual resources of combining the first virtual resource or action with the second virtual resource or action represented by the detected smart bead combination.
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Abstract
Methods of managing virtual resources within a virtual world are described which use a device comprising a connecting element to which one or more smart beads can be attached. A smart bead represents either a virtual resource in the virtual world or an action on a virtual resource in the virtual world. The device is arranged to detect and identify which smart beads are attached to the connecting element and to autonomously update quantities of one or more virtual resources based on combinations of virtual resources and/or actions on virtual resources, where at least one of the virtual resources or actions in any combination is represented by a detected smart bead. In an embodiment, the device is a fashion item such as a wearable device.
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18 Claims
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1. A device comprising a connecting element arranged to receive one or more smart beads, wherein a smart bead represents a virtual resource in an interactive software experience or an action on a virtual resource in the interactive software experience, the device comprising:
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a bead detection module arranged to detect and identify a combination of two or more smart beads attached to the connecting element, wherein a first smart bead in the combination of smart beads represents a first virtual resource or action and a second smart bead in the combination of smart beads represents a second virtual resource or action; and a resource management module arranged to autonomously update quantities of one or more additional virtual resources that are; different from both the first virtual resource or action and the second virtual resource or action, and not represented by the first smart bead, the second smart bead, or the detected combination, wherein the autonomous updating is performed based at least in part on; the detected smart bead combination, and one or more equations or expressions defining an effect on the additional virtual resources of combining the first virtual resource or action with the second virtual resource or action represented by the detected smart bead combination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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one or more smart beads, a smart bead being connectable to a connecting element to form a fashion item and comprising a storage element, wherein the storage element is arranged to store a parameter representing a quantity of a virtual resource in an interactive software experience or data describing an action on a virtual resource in the interactive software experiences; a bead detection module arranged to detect and identify a combination of two or more smart beads, wherein a first smart bead in the combination of smart beads stores a first parameter and a second smart bead in the combination of smart beads stores a second parameter; and a resource management module arranged to autonomously update quantities of one or more additional stored parameters that are; different from both the first parameter and second parameter, and not represented by the first smart bead, the second smart bead, or the detected combination, wherein the autonomous updating is performed based at least in part on; the detected smart bead combination, and one or more equations or expressions defining an effect on the one or more additional stored parameters of combining the first parameter in the detected smart bead combination with the second parameter in the detected smart bead combination. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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Specification