Arrangements for controlling activites of an avatar
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- associating a participant with an avatar;
receiving a transmission from the participant in response to a participant activated transmission, the transmission having a participant configurable command;
associating the participant configurable command with at least one participant configurable avatar activity command, the participant configurable avatar activity command having a participant selectable timing relationship such that an avatar can execute the participant configurable avatar activity command without real time participant control transmissions; and
controlling the avatar in a virtual universe in response to the participant configurable avatar activity commands.
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Abstract
Systems are disclosed herein that allow a participant to be associated with an avatar and receive a transmission from the participant in response to a participant activated transmission. The transmission can include a participant selectable and time delayed mood and/or activity command which can be associated with a user configurable command to avatar activity conversion table. The associated avatar activity table can provide control signal to the VU system controlling the participant'"'"'s avatar for extended time periods, where the activity commands allow the avatar to exhibit a mood and to conduct an activity. The preconfigured time controlled activity commands allow the user to control their avatar without being actively engaged in a session with a virtual universe client or logged on and the control configuration can be set up such that a single mood/activity control signal can initiate moods and activities that occur over an extended period of time.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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associating a participant with an avatar; receiving a transmission from the participant in response to a participant activated transmission, the transmission having a participant configurable command; associating the participant configurable command with at least one participant configurable avatar activity command, the participant configurable avatar activity command having a participant selectable timing relationship such that an avatar can execute the participant configurable avatar activity command without real time participant control transmissions; and controlling the avatar in a virtual universe in response to the participant configurable avatar activity commands. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a graphical user interface module to accept participant input, the participant input associating at least one mood control command with a mood activity command, the at least one mood activity command to control actions of an avatar in a virtual universe; a command to activity conversion module to store the participant input and to convert the mood control command to at least one avatar mood activity command; and a virtual universe engine to integrate the mood activity command into a virtual universe rendering in response to the mood control command from the participant. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A machine-accessible medium containing instructions which, when the instructions are executed by a machine, cause said machine to perform operations, comprising:
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associating a participant with an avatar; receiving a transmission from the participant in response to a participant activated transmission, the transmission having a participant selectable mood command; associating the participant selectable mood command with user configurable avatar activity commands, the activity commands associated with a mood; and controlling the avatar in a virtual universe in response to the user configurable avatar activity commands. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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