Rating notification for virtual world environment
First Claim
1. A method of implementing a virtual world rating plan, comprising:
- establishing one or more rating categories associated with a virtual world environment;
providing an identification link between the one or more rating categories and a correlated aspect of the virtual world environment;
adopting a rating plan that includes the one or more rating categories and their respective identification links; and
making the rating plan available to a prospective or current patron of 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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44 Claims
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1. A method of implementing a virtual world rating plan, comprising:
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establishing one or more rating categories associated with a virtual world environment;
providing an identification link between the one or more rating categories and a correlated aspect of the virtual world environment;
adopting a rating plan that includes the one or more rating categories and their respective identification links; and
making the rating plan available to a prospective or current patron of 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)
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23. A system for establishing a virtual world rating plan, comprising:
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a virtual world environment including a first operating procedure available to a real-world layer or participant;
a set of guidelines including a second operating procedure that provides oversight protection to a particular virtual world patron, which set of guidelines is selected by or on behalf of the particular virtual world patron;
a control module operably coupled to the virtual world environment and capable of implementing the second operating procedure with respect to the particular virtual world patron;
a tracking module that monitors selected aspects of the virtual world environment in order to determine whether the particular virtual world patron is following the set of guidelines included in the second operating procedure; and
a communication interface link for interactive participation by the virtual world patron in the virtual world environment, and for receiving informational feedback data related to compliance or non-compliance with the guidelines by a virtual character associated with the virtual world patron. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. 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 parameters of virtual world participation by a particular virtual character, which oversight guidelines include a rating plan chosen by or on behalf of the real-world patron acting as the particular virtual character, incorporating in the oversight guidelines an identification link between one or more rating categories and a correlated selected parameter of the virtual world participation;
implementing the rating plan in the virtual world environment; and
(b) a computer-readable signal-bearing media bearing the program instructions. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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