Methods and systems for determining interest in a cohort-linked avatar

• US 20090164549A1
• Filed: 12/20/2007
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Rinaldo, John D. JR., Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Wood, Lowell L. JR., Malamud, Mark A., Leuthardt, Eric C.
• Granted Patent: US 9,418,368 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/273 Asynchronous replication or reconciliation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

Avatars, methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute; and transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute; and

transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

receiving the indication of interest in the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute from a merchant.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

receiving the indication of interest in the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute from an advertiser.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

soliciting an entity for the indication of interest in the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

receiving the indication of interest in the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to a posting.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

receiving a request for a subscription to the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

receiving an indication of interest in at least one of a physical appearance attribute, a media content attribute, a demographic attribute, a syntax attribute, a semantic attribute, or a sound attribute as the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

receiving compensation for the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the receiving compensation for the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

receiving at least one payment for the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the receiving compensation for the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

receiving at least one micropayment for the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

sending to a merchant the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

sending to an advertiser the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to an age cohort in response to the indication of interest.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to an ethnicity cohort in response to the indication of interest.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a gender cohort in response to the indication of interest.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on brain activity data in response to the indication of interest.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on brain activity data in response to the indication of interest comprises:

transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on at least one of fNIR data, fMRI data, MEG data, EEG data, or CT data as the brain activity data in response to the indication of interest.

19. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on brain activity data in response to the indication of interest comprises:

transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on at least one surrogate marker for brain activity in response to the indication of interest.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on at least one surrogate marker for brain activity in response to the indication of interest comprises:

transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on at least one of skin response, eye movement, voice response, face movement, or pupil dilation as the at least one surrogate marker for brain activity in response to the indication of interest.

21. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on brain activity data in response to the indication of interest comprises:

transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on brain activity data and at least one surrogate marker for brain activity in response to the indication of interest.

22. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on brain activity data in response to the indication of interest comprises:

transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on brain activity data and eye movement data in response to the indication of interest.

23. A system comprising:

circuitry for receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute; and

circuitry for transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

circuitry for receiving the indication of interest in the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute from a merchant.

25. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

circuitry for receiving the indication of interest in the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute from an advertiser.

26. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

circuitry for soliciting an entity for the indication of interest in the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute.

27. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

circuitry for receiving the indication of interest in the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to a posting.

28. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

circuitry for receiving a request for a subscription to the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute.

29. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

circuitry for receiving an indication of interest in at least one of a physical appearance attribute, a media content attribute, a demographic attribute, a syntax attribute, a semantic attribute, or a sound attribute as the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute.

30. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

circuitry for receiving compensation for the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute.

31. The system of claim 30 wherein the circuitry for receiving compensation for the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least one payment for the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute.

32. The system of claim 30 wherein the circuitry for receiving compensation for the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least one micropayment for the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute.

33. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

circuitry for sending to a merchant the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest.

34. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

circuitry for sending to an advertiser the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest.

35. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

circuitry for transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to an age cohort in response to the indication of interest.

36. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

circuitry for transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to an ethnicity cohort in response to the indication of interest.

37. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

circuitry for transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a gender cohort in response to the indication of interest.

38. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

circuitry for transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on brain activity data in response to the indication of interest.

39. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

circuitry for transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on at least one of fNIR data, fMRI data, MEG data, EEG data, or CT data as the brain activity data in response to the indication of interest.

40. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

circuitry for transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on at least one surrogate marker for brain activity in response to the indication of interest.

41. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

circuitry for transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on at least one of skin response, eye movement, voice response, face movement, or pupil dilation as the at least one surrogate marker for brain activity in response to the indication of interest.

42. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

circuitry for transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on brain activity data and at least one surrogate marker for brain activity in response to the indication of interest.

43. The system of claim 23 wherein the circuitry for transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest comprises:

circuitry for transmitting at least one avatar attribute linked to a population cohort based on brain activity data and eye movement data in response to the indication of interest.

44. A computer program product comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing

(a) one or more instructions for receiving an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute; and

(b) one or more instructions for transmitting the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest.

45. The computer program product of claim 44, wherein the signal-bearing medium includes a computer-readable medium.

46. The computer program product of claim 44, wherein the signal-bearing medium includes a recordable medium.

47. The computer program product of claim 44, wherein the signal-bearing medium includes a communications medium.

48. A system comprising:

a computing device; and

instructions that when executed on the computing device cause the computing device to

(a) receive an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute;

(b) transmit the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest.

49. The system of claim 48 wherein the computing device comprises:

one or more of a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal entertainment device, a mobile phone, a laptop computer, a tablet personal computer, a networked computer, a computing system comprised of a cluster of processors, a computing system comprised of a cluster of servers, a workstation computer, and/or a desktop computer.

50. The system of claim 48 wherein the computing device is operable to receive an indication of interest in at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute from at least one memory.

51. The system of claim 48 wherein the computing device is operable to transmit from at least one memory the at least one cohort-linked avatar attribute in response to the indication of interest.