CONTRACT AMENDMENT MECHANISM IN A VIRTUAL WORLD
First Claim
1. A method for amending a contract in a virtual world, comprising:
- presenting an online chat option in response to another user'"'"'s avatar coming within a predetermined proximity range of an avatar of the user and in response to the other user'"'"'s avatar and the user'"'"'s avatar having previously entered into a contract in the virtual world;
recording the online chat between the users to define an amendment to the contract in response to the online chat option being selected; and
appending the amendment to contracting terms in a virtual contract object in response to acceptance of the amendment by the users.
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Abstract
A method for amending a contract in a virtual world may include presenting an online chat option in response to another user'"'"'s avatar coming within a predetermined proximity range of an avatar of the user and in response to the other user'"'"'s avatar and the user'"'"'s avatar having previously entered into a contract in the virtual world. The method may also include recording the online chat between the users to define an amendment to the contract in response to the online chat option being selected. The method may further include appending the amendment to contracting terms in a contract object in response to acceptance of the amendment by the users.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for amending a contract in a virtual world, comprising:
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presenting an online chat option in response to another user'"'"'s avatar coming within a predetermined proximity range of an avatar of the user and in response to the other user'"'"'s avatar and the user'"'"'s avatar having previously entered into a contract in the virtual world; recording the online chat between the users to define an amendment to the contract in response to the online chat option being selected; and appending the amendment to contracting terms in a virtual contract object in response to acceptance of the amendment by the users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for amending a contract in a virtual world, comprising:
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providing an option for a contractor and a contractee to negotiate an amendment to a virtual world contract previously formed by the contractor and the contractee; establishing an online communication link between the contractor and the contractee in response to selecting the option to negotiate the amendment to the virtual world contract; capturing online communications between the contractor and the contractee to form the amendment to the virtual world contract; and appending the captured online communications between the contractor and the contractee to contract terms in a contract object to form the amendment to the virtual world contract. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for amending a contract in a virtual world, comprising:
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providing an option for a contractor and a contractee to negotiate an amendment to a virtual world contract previously formed by the contractor and the contractee; establishing an online chat between the contractor and the contractee in response to selecting the option to negotiate the amendment to the virtual world contract and in response to a contractor'"'"'s avatar and a contractee'"'"'s avatar coming within a predetermined proximity range of one another in the virtual world; recording the online chat between the contractor and the contractee to form the amendment to the virtual world contract; and appending the recorded online chat between the contractor and the contractee to contract terms in a contract object to form the amendment to the virtual world contract. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. The method of claim 20, further comprising presenting an option for a bond to be associated with the amendment.
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