Method for generating an on-line community for behavior modification

• US 20060003305A1
• Filed: 07/01/2004
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cheryl May Kelmar
• Original Assignee: Cheryl May Kelmar
• Inventors: Kelmar, Cheryl May
• Application Number:
  US10/884,369
• Publication Number:
  US 20060003305A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/350
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/28 for medicine
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

A method for creating, maintaining, and participating in an on-line educational and medical community for education and treatment of participants, comprising selecting multiple-component behavioral and psychological strategies pertaining to individuals, families, peer groups, and selected environments and providing access methods to participants for interactive communications within the game setting. Game scripts are translated to electronic instructions, stored on a client and server, for interactive use by participants, and implemented in situational environments in the on-line educational and medical community for education, behavioral modification and treatment of participants.

Claims

1. A method for interaction of a user in a scenario of an on-line community, the scenario for modifying the behavior of the user, the method comprising:

providing an avatar, the actions of the avatar commandable by the user within the scenario of the on-line community;

the scenario presenting a representation of an environment conducive to an undesired act of the user; and

enabling the user to direct the avatar to perform and to not perform the undesired act.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising rewarding the user with a positive outcome when the avatar does not perform the undesired act.

3. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising providing a first NPC within the scenario.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first NPC interacts with the first avatar within the scenario.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the undesired act is a representation of an act that degrades a state of health of the user.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the undesired act is an addictive behavior.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the undesired act is an act of ingesting nicotine.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the undesired act is selected from the group of acts consisting of drinking a substance, eating a substance, ingesting alcohol, ingesting a narcotic, ingesting an addictive substance, introducing a narcotic into a bloodstream, and introducing an addictive substance into a bloodstream.

9. The method of claim 3, the method further comprising:

providing a second NPC, the second NPC for interacting with the first avatar within the scenario; and

the second NPC comprised within the on-line scenario conducive to an undesired act of the user.

10. The method of claim 3, the method further comprising:

providing a second NPC, the second NPC for interacting with the first NPC within the scenario; and

the second NPC comprised within the on-line scenario conducive to an undesired act of the user.

16. The method of claim 5, wherein the undesired act is an addictive behavior.

17. The method of claim 5, wherein the undesired act is an act of ingesting nicotine.

18. The method of claim 5, wherein the undesired act is selected from the group of acts consisting of drinking a substance, eating a substance, ingesting alcohol, ingesting a narcotic, ingesting an addictive substance, introducing a narcotic into a bloodstream, and introducing an addictive substance into a bloodstream.

11. A method for interaction of a first user and a second user in an on-line community scenario to modify the behavior of at least one user, the method comprising:

providing a first avatar, the actions of the first avatar within the on-line computer game scenario commandable by the first user;

providing a second avatar, the actions of the second avatar within the on-line computer game scenario commandable by second the user;

enabling the first avatar to interact with the second avatar within the computer on-line community scenario;

the on-line community scenario presenting a representation of an scenario conducive to an undesired act of the first user;

enabling the first user to direct the first avatar to perform and to not perform the undesired act; and

rewarding the first user with a positive outcome when the first avatar does not perform the undesired act.

12. The method of claim 11, the method further comprising providing a first NPC within the scenario.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first NPC interacts with the first avatar within the scenario.

14. The method of claim 13, the method further comprising:

providing a second NPC, the second NPC for interacting with the first avatar within the scenario; and

the second NPC comprised within the on-line scenario conducive to an undesired act of the user.

15. The method of claim 13, the method further comprising:

providing a second NPC, the second NPC for interacting with the first NPC within the scenario; and

the second NPC comprised within the on-line scenario conducive to an undesired act of the user.

19. One or more processor readable storage devices having readable code embodied on the processor readable storage devices, the readable code for programming one or more of the processors to perform a method for interaction of a user in a scenario of an on-line community, the scenario for modifying the behavior of the user, the method comprising:

providing an avatar, the actions of the avatar commandable by the user within the scenario of the on-line community;

the scenario presenting a representation of an environment conducive to an undesired act of the user; and

enabling the user to direct the avatar to perform and to not perform the undesired act.

20. The one or more processor readable storage devices method of claim 19, the readable code for programming one or more of the processors to perform a method for interaction of a user in a scenario of an on-line community, the scenario for modifying the behavior of the user, the method further comprising rewarding the user with a positive outcome when the avatar does not perform the undesired act.