METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING GRAPHIC ICON IN INTERNET VIRTUAL WORLD WITH USER'S EXPERIENCE IN REAL WORLD
First Claim
1. A method of associating a graphic icon in a virtual world with a user'"'"'s experience in a real world, the method comprising:
- logging data of an event occurring to the user in the real world;
transmitting the logged data to a server; and
updating the graphic icon in the virtual world based on the transmitted data.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus to associate a graphic icon representing a user in an Internet virtual world with the user'"'"'s experience in the real world, the method including: logging data of an event occurring to the user in the real world; transmitting the logged data to a server; and updating the graphic icon in the virtual world according to the transmitted data. Accordingly, by associating the contents of the user'"'"'s experience with a database (DB) and expressing the contents in the graphic icon, the user'"'"'s experiences in the real world can be more realistically expressed in a virtual world.
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40 Claims
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1. A method of associating a graphic icon in a virtual world with a user'"'"'s experience in a real world, the method comprising:
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logging data of an event occurring to the user in the real world; transmitting the logged data to a server; and updating the graphic icon in the virtual world based on the transmitted data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 38)
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14. An apparatus to associate a graphic icon in a virtual world with a user'"'"'s experience in a real world, the apparatus comprising:
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an event logging unit to log data of an event occurring to the user in the real world; a transmitter to transmit the logged data to a server; and an updating unit to update the graphic icon in the virtual world based on the transmitted data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of associating a graphic icon in a virtual world with a user'"'"'s experience in a real world, the method comprising:
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logging data of an event occurring to the user in the real world; and transmitting the logged data to a server in order to update the graphic icon in the virtual world. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 39)
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33. A method of associating a graphic icon in a virtual world with a user'"'"'s experience in a real world, the method comprising:
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receiving logged data of an event occurring to the user in the real world; and updating the graphic icon in the virtual world based on the received data. - View Dependent Claims (34, 40)
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35. An apparatus to associate a graphic icon in a virtual world with a user'"'"'s experience in a real world, the apparatus comprising:
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an event logging unit to log data of an event occurring to the user in the real world; and a transmitter to transmit the logged data to a server in order to update the graphic icon in the virtual world. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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