Disposition of proprietary virtual rights
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A method of resolving virtual world property ownership, comprising:
- identifying a virtual world property right in a virtual world environment, which virtual world property right has been acquired by a donor party;
establishing confirmation that the virtual world property right is capable of being transferred, which transfer includes a proprietary virtual claim regarding individual and/or composite objects in the virtual world environment;
requiring a pre-condition before making the transfer; and
pursuant to authorization by or on behalf of the donor party, transferring the virtual world property right to a designated successor party.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method and system provides transactions and arrangements in virtual world environments. A user can participate in transactions to acquire virtual property and related virtual rights. In some implementations, real-world and virtual parties can be involved in possible transfers of various types of virtual property and virtual property rights.
109 Citations
67 Claims
-
1. A method of resolving virtual world property ownership, comprising:
-
identifying a virtual world property right in a virtual world environment, which virtual world property right has been acquired by a donor party;
establishing confirmation that the virtual world property right is capable of being transferred, which transfer includes a proprietary virtual claim regarding individual and/or composite objects in the virtual world environment;
requiring a pre-condition before making the transfer; and
pursuant to authorization by or on behalf of the donor party, transferring the virtual world property right to a designated successor party. - 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, 28, 30, 35)
-
-
24-27. -27. (canceled)
-
29. (canceled)
-
31-34. -34. (canceled)
-
36. A computer-implemented system comprising:
-
a virtual world in which a patron of the virtual world may participate and acquire a transferable virtual world property right regarding a virtual world object;
a module to facilitate authorizing a disposition of the transferable virtual world property right from a donor party to a designated successor party, which right includes a proprietary virtual right; and
a record of any pre-condition required for the disposition to occur. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
-
-
44. A computer program product having signal carrier media bearing encoded instructions for executing a process, wherein the process comprises:
-
providing a virtual world environment where a participant is enabled to interact with another participant or with a non-player entity;
facilitating an arrangement to transfer a virtual property right from a donor party to a designated successor party, which transfer includes a proprietary virtual right; and
making a record of the arrangement to transfer, which record includes a required pre-condition for making the transfer. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
-
Specification