Method and Apparatus for Collaborative Design of an Avatar or Other Graphical Structure
First Claim
1. A method for collaborative design of a graphical structure by users of a network, the method comprising:
- downloading a description of the graphical structure from a network server to client devices of the users;
uploading descriptions of user modifications of the graphical structure to the network sever from the client devices;
aggregating the descriptions of the modifications from a plurality of users to produce a description of an aggregated modification; and
updating the description of the graphical structure.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for collaborative design of a graphical structure is by users of a network. First, a description of the graphical structure is downloaded from a network server to client devices of the users. User modifications of the graphical structure are then uploaded to the network sever from the client devices. The modifications from multiple users are aggregated to produce an aggregated modification, which is then used to update the graphical structure. A description of the modifications may be a text-based description, in which case it is mapped to a numerical description of the modifications. Alternatively, the descriptions of the modifications may be numerical values. The modifications from a plurality of users (received during a specified time period) may be aggregated by calculating a statistical measure of numerical values corresponding to the modifications. The graphical structure may be an avatar, for example.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for collaborative design of a graphical structure by users of a network, the method comprising:
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downloading a description of the graphical structure from a network server to client devices of the users; uploading descriptions of user modifications of the graphical structure to the network sever from the client devices; aggregating the descriptions of the modifications from a plurality of users to produce a description of an aggregated modification; and updating the description of the graphical structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for a user of a network to collaborate in the design of a graphical structure, the method comprising:
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downloading an initial description of the graphical structure from a network server to a client device of the user; specifying a modification to the graphical structure; uploading a description of modification to the network sever from the client device; and downloading an updated description of the graphical structure from the network server to the client device of the user, the update description being an aggregate of modifications requested by a plurality of users of the network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for collaborative design of a graphical structure by users of a network, the system comprising:
a network server having; a memory that stores a baseline graphical structure and an associated parameter vector, an input element that receives, via the network, modifications to the baseline graphical structure specified by the users of the network; a plurality of parameter aggregation modules responsive to modifications specified by the users, wherein the plurality of parameter aggregation modules produce an aggregated parameter modification vector; an update module that updates the parameter vector in accordance with the aggregated parameter modification vector, the updated parameter vector specifying an updated graphical structure; and an output element that sends a description of the updated graphical structure to users of the network. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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