VIRTUAL WORLD AVATAR ACTIVITY GOVERNED BY PERSON'S REAL LIFE ACTIVITY

• US 20090106672A1
• Filed: 10/25/2007
• Published: 04/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: BURSTROM, David Per
• Application Number:
  US11/923,867
• Publication Number:
  US 20090106672A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/757
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/332 using wireless networks, e.g. cellular phone networks
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/65 automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/87 Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/406 Transmission via wireless network, e.g. pager or GSM
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5553 user representation in the game field, e.g. avatar
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/69 Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8082 Virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/006 based on simulated virtual individual or collective life forms, e.g. social simulations or particle swarm optimisation [PSO]

Abstract

A system generates a virtual world and generates a first avatar, which is associated with a person, in the virtual world. The system further receives data associated with the person'"'"'s mobile wireless device, where the data includes a location of the mobile wireless device. The system determines the person'"'"'s real world activities based on the data and causes the person'"'"'s first avatar to engage in the same, similar, or analogous activities, as the determined real world activities, in the virtual world.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

generating a virtual world;

generating a first avatar, that is associated with a person, in the virtual world;

receiving first data associated with the person'"'"'s mobile wireless device, where the first data comprises a location of the mobile wireless device;

determining the person'"'"'s real world activities based on the first data; and

causing the person'"'"'s first avatar to engage in the same, similar, or analogous activities, as the determined real world activities, in the virtual world.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving second data associated with the person, where the second data relates to light conditions or ambient noise of an environment at which the person is located or a motion associated with the person; and

determining the person'"'"'s real world activities further based on the second data.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, where determining the person'"'"'s real world activities comprises:

deducing the person'"'"'s real world activities based on the first data.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, where the first data further comprises a communication status associated with the mobile wireless device.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, where the communication status comprises whether the person is communicating with another person using the mobile wireless device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising:

generating a second avatar associated with the other person in the virtual world; and

causing the other person'"'"'s second avatar to interact with the first avatar in the virtual world based on the communication status.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, where the person is communicating with the other person via an audio phone call.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, where the person is communicating with the other person via instant messaging.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, where the person is communicating with the other person via email.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, where the person is communicating with the other person via text messaging.

11. A system, comprising:

a network interface configured to receive data associated with a person'"'"'s mobile wireless device, where the data comprises a location of the mobile wireless device; and

one or more processing units configured to;

generate a virtual world,

deduce the person'"'"'s real world activities based on the data, and

cause an avatar associated with the person to engage in the same, similar, or analogous activities, as the deduced real world activities, in the virtual world.

12. The system of claim 11, where the data further comprises a communication status associated with the mobile wireless device.

13. The system of claim 11, where the communication status comprises whether the person is communicating with an other person using the mobile wireless device.

14. The system of claim 13, the one or more processing units further configured to:

generate a second avatar associated with the other person in the virtual world, and

cause the other person'"'"'s second avatar to interact with the first avatar in the virtual world based on the communication status.

15. The system of claim 13, where the person is communicating with the other person via an audio phone call.

16. The system of claim 13, where the person is communicating with the other person via instant messaging.

17. The system of claim 13, where the person is communicating with the other person via email.

18. The system of claim 13, where the person is communicating with the other person via text messaging.

19. A computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by at least one processor, the computer-readable medium comprising:

one or more instructions for generating a virtual world;

one or more instructions for receiving data associated with a location of a person'"'"'s mobile wireless device;

one or more instructions for automatically engaging a first avatar associated with the person in activities in the virtual world based on the data.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, where the data further comprises a communication status associated with the mobile wireless device.

21. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, where the communication status comprises whether the person is communicating with an other person using the mobile wireless device.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 21, further comprising:

one or more instructions for automatically engaging a second avatar associated with the other person in activities in the virtual world based on the communication status.

23. A computer system, comprising:

means for generating a virtual world;

means for receiving data associated with a person'"'"'s mobile wireless device, where the data comprises a location of the mobile wireless device and a communication status associated with the mobile wireless device;

means for determining the person'"'"'s real world activities based on the data; and

means for causing an avatar associated with the person to engage in the same, similar, or analogous activities, as the determined real world activities, in the virtual world.