Probability adjustment of a virtual world loss event
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Abstract
Embodiments include an apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, a computer-implemented system includes a virtual world in which a participant may participate and that includes a loss event having a likelihood of occurrence. The computer-implemented system also includes a record of a protected loss corresponding to the loss event, the protected loss described in an agreement that includes an obligation to provide a benefit to the participant upon an occurrence of the protected loss suffered in the virtual world by the participant. The computer-implemented system further includes a loss event regulator module operable to change the likelihood of occurrence of the loss event in response to the protected loss.
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66 Claims
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36. A system comprising:
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a computing system couplable to a network and operable to interact with at least two participants via the network; a program module operable to manage a virtual world that includes a loss event having a probability of occurrence; a benefits exposure module operable to select a protected loss corresponding to the loss event and described in a risk management agreement between a protection entity and a participant of the at least two participants (hereafter “
the participant”
); anda loss management module operable to modify the probability of occurrence of the loss event in response to the protected loss. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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51. A computer implemented method comprising:
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interacting with at least two participants via a network couplable to a computing system; managing a virtual world that includes a loss event having a probability of occurrence; selecting a protected loss corresponding to the loss event and described in a risk management agreement between a protection entity and a participant of the at least two participants (hereafter “
the participant”
); andmodifying a probability of occurrence of the loss event in response to the protected loss. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A computer implemented system comprising:
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means for interacting with at least two participants via a network couplable to a computing system; means for managing a virtual world that includes a loss event having a probability of occurrence; means for selecting a protected loss corresponding to the loss event and described in a risk management agreement between a protection entity and a participant of the at least two participants (hereafter “
the participant”
); andmeans for modifying a probability of occurrence of the loss event in response to the protected loss. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A system comprising:
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circuitry for interacting with at least two participants via a network couplable to a computing system; circuitry for managing a virtual world that includes a loss event having a probability of occurrence; circuitry for selecting a protected loss corresponding to the loss event and described in a risk management agreement between a protection entity and a participant of the at least two participants (hereafter “
the participant”
); andcircuitry for modifying a probability of occurrence of the loss event in response to the protected loss.
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66. A system comprising:
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a signal bearing medium bearing; one or more instructions for interacting with at least two participants via a network couplable to a computing system; one or more instructions for managing a virtual world that includes a loss event having a probability of occurrence; one or more instructions for selecting a protected loss corresponding to the loss event and described in a risk management agreement between a protection entity and a participant of the at least two participants (hereafter “
the participant”
); andone or more instructions for modifying a probability of occurrence of the loss event in response to the protected loss.
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