Virtual Property System for Globally-Significant Objects
First Claim
26. A method of transferring ownership of an instantiated virtual object, said object having an ownership document, from a transferring owner to a new owner comprising the steps of:
- the transferring owner generating an object transfer authenticator identifying a new party as the new owner; and
associating the object transfer authenticator with the ownership document.
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Abstract
Virtual property system for globally-significant objects across autonomous computing environments. Objects with global persistence and identity are instantiated by a plurality of their real-world claim-holders through authentication of a computer-readable object specification and owner identity. Owner may then claim benefit of the object across autonomous computing environments such as virtual worlds by authenticating his identity. Ownership transfer is accomplished through the current owner authenticating an ownership transfer document. When used in conjunction with the owner-proxy method, object transfer may occur without the distribution of ownership revocation lists.
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57 Claims
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26. A method of transferring ownership of an instantiated virtual object, said object having an ownership document, from a transferring owner to a new owner comprising the steps of:
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the transferring owner generating an object transfer authenticator identifying a new party as the new owner; and associating the object transfer authenticator with the ownership document. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An owner proxy method of transferring ownership of at least one virtual instantiated object having an ownership document comprising the steps of:
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an owner-proxy party acquiring at least one virtual object, either during object instantiation of the at least one virtual object or through transfer from a previous owner party to the owner-proxy, the at least one virtual object having an object specification, and a complete authenticated object transfer chain of object transfers said transfer chain having an ultimate transferee, wherein the owner-proxy is identified as the ultimate transferee; the owner-proxy associating the at least one virtual object with an actual owner party; the owner-proxy generating a duration-limited object claim authenticator from the owner-proxy to the actual owner, which is the last issued claim authenticator; the actual owner presenting the duration-limited object claim authenticator to a receiving entity from which the actual owner wishes to claim benefit of the object; the receiving entity validating the object specification, the complete authenticated transfer chain of object transfers, the object claim authenticator, and the identity of the actual owner, wherein the actual owner must be the last owner according to the authenticated object transfer chain; the actual owner party transferring the object to a new actual owner party by signaling the owner-proxy to the identity of the new actual owner; the owner-proxy validating the object transfer signal by the owner-proxy, including authenticating the identity of the actual owner and verifying that no previous transfer requests are pending; and the owner-proxy associating the object claim authenticator with the new actual owner party effective upon the expiration of the last issued claim authenticator. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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44-1. The method of claim 44 wherein the signal is generated by an access point on a network-connected machine.
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