Selecting auxiliary control features for virtual world environment
First Claim
1. A method for implementing auxiliary control in a virtual world environment, comprising:
- providing a possibility of supplemental oversight protection in a virtual world environment;
establishing a set of guidelines relating to one or more selected aspects of the virtual world environment;
incorporating the set of guidelines as part of the supplemental oversight protection that is made available to a particular real-world participant or player in the virtual world environment.
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Abstract
A method and system provides arrangements creating a relationship between a real-world entity and a virtual world environment. A participant or player can participate in various virtual world experiences including activities, settings, events, purchases, sales and diverse transactions to acquire virtual products, virtual services, and/or virtual items of value. Feedback may be provided and records kept regarding the virtual world participation. In some circumstances, multiple persons can participate as a group or participate as individuals in the virtual world environment. Some embodiments provide virtual world oversight protection related to one or more selected aspects of a virtual world environment. In some implementations different types of oversight guidelines and related virtual world rating plans are available for selection by prospective and current virtual world patrons.
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49 Claims
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1. A method for implementing auxiliary control in a virtual world environment, comprising:
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providing a possibility of supplemental oversight protection in a virtual world environment;
establishing a set of guidelines relating to one or more selected aspects of the virtual world environment;
incorporating the set of guidelines as part of the supplemental oversight protection that is made available to a particular real-world participant or player in the virtual world environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for oversight protection in a virtual world environment, comprising:
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computer means for creating the virtual world environment;
a set of oversight guidelines applicable to selected aspects of virtual world participation by a particular virtual character, which oversight guidelines are acceptable to a real-world patron acting as the particular virtual character; and
a control module operably coupled with the computer means to implement the oversight guidelines in the virtual world environment, and to track progress of the particular virtual character with respect to the selected aspects of virtual world participation in the virtual world environment. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A computer program product comprising:
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(a) program instructions configured to perform a process that associates information in a computer system, the process including providing a virtual world environment that is accessible to a real-world patron, establishing a set of oversight guidelines applicable to one or more selected aspects of virtual world participation by a particular virtual character, which oversight guidelines are chosen by the real-world patron acting as the particular virtual character, implementing the oversight guidelines in the virtual world environment, tracking progress of the particular virtual character with respect to the one or more selected aspects of virtual world participation in the virtual world environment; and
(b) a computer-readable signal-bearing media bearing the program instructions. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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