System and Method of Communicating Between A Virtual World and Real World
First Claim
1. A method of communicating between a representation of a person in a virtual world and a real person in a real world, the method comprising:
- representing a real world person as an avatar in the virtual world, the avatar controlled by the real world person via an interface link providing access between the real world and the virtual world; and
communicating between the avatar representing the real world person in the virtual world using a virtual phone of a virtual phone system and another real world person in the real world using a real world phone of a real world phone system, the virtual phone system and the real world phone system connected via the interface link.
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Abstract
A system allows for a real world person to make and receive a real world phone call using virtual world tools. The system runs software for rendering a virtual environment in which users at workstations in the real world are represented by avatars in the virtual world. The virtual world software of the present system is interconnected via a network to a private and public telephone network to allow a connection between a virtual and real world phone system. The virtual world embodiment of the communication between the virtual world and real world includes a plurality of states by which a conversation is visually and audibly indicated.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of communicating between a representation of a person in a virtual world and a real person in a real world, the method comprising:
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representing a real world person as an avatar in the virtual world, the avatar controlled by the real world person via an interface link providing access between the real world and the virtual world; and communicating between the avatar representing the real world person in the virtual world using a virtual phone of a virtual phone system and another real world person in the real world using a real world phone of a real world phone system, the virtual phone system and the real world phone system connected via the interface link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for communicating between a representation of a real world person and a real world person, the system comprising:
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an interface link providing access between a real world and the virtual world; a real world phone system; an avatar in the virtual world representing a corresponding person in the real world, the avatar controlled via the interface link by the corresponding real world person; a virtual phone system connected via the interface link to the real world phone system, the virtual phone system allowing communication between the avatar in the virtual world representing the real world person using a virtual phone and another real world person using a real world phone of the real world phone system; and a computer system comprising; a memory; a processor; a communications interface; an interconnection mechanism coupling the memory, the processor and the communications interface; and wherein the memory is encoded with an application providing communicating between a representation of a person in a virtual world and a real person in a real world, that when performed on the processor, provides a process for processing information, the process causing the computer system to perform the operations of; representing a real world person as an avatar in the virtual world, the avatar controlled by the real world person via an interface link providing access between the real world and the virtual world; and communicating between the avatar representing the real world person in the virtual world using a virtual phone of a virtual phone system and another real world person in the real world using a real world phone of a real world phone system, the virtual phone system and the real world phone system connected via the interface link. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer readable medium having computer readable code thereon for executing on a computer the method of communicating between a representation of a person in a virtual world and a real person in a real world, the computer readable medium comprising:
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instructions for representing a real world person as an avatar in the virtual world, the avatar controlled by the real world person via an interface link providing access between the real world and the virtual world; and instructions for communicating between the avatar representing the real world person in the virtual world using a virtual phone of a virtual phone system and another real world person in the real world using a real world phone of a real world phone system, the virtual phone system and the real world phone system connected via the interface link. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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