METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RATING EXCHANGEABLE GESTURES VIA COMMUNICATIONS IN VIRTUAL WORLD APPLICATIONS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method in a data processing system for rating exchangeable gestures in a virtual world application, said computer-implemented method comprising:
- making a gesture owned by a first user of said virtual world application available to a second user of said virtual world application;
responsive to said second user providing a rating of said gesture;
storing said rating in a repository of said first user;
determining a rating metric of said gesture using said rating received from said second user; and
communicating said rating metric to a third user of said virtual world application.
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Abstract
A method, system and computer-readable medium are disclosed for rating exchangeable gestures in a virtual world application. The method includes making a gesture owned by a first user of the virtual world application available to a second user of the virtual world application; in response to the second user providing a rating of the gesture, storing the rating in a repository of the first user, determining a rating metric of the gesture using at least the rating received from the second user, and communicating the rating metric to a third user of the virtual world application.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method in a data processing system for rating exchangeable gestures in a virtual world application, said computer-implemented method comprising:
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making a gesture owned by a first user of said virtual world application available to a second user of said virtual world application; responsive to said second user providing a rating of said gesture; storing said rating in a repository of said first user; determining a rating metric of said gesture using said rating received from said second user; and communicating said rating metric to a third user of said virtual world application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A data processing system for rating exchangeable gestures in a virtual world application comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to said processor; a virtual world application populating said memory, wherein said virtual world application comprises computer-executable instructions for; making a gesture owned by a first user of said virtual world application available to a second user of said virtual world application; responsive to said second user providing a rating of said gesture; storing said rating in a repository of said first user; determining a rating metric of said gesture using said rating received from said second user; and communicating said rating metric to a third user of said virtual world application. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions for:
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making a gesture owned by a first user of said virtual world application available to a second user of said virtual world application; responsive to said second user providing a rating of said gesture; storing said rating in a repository of said first user; determining a rating metric of said gesture using said rating received from said second user; and communicating said rating metric to a third user of said virtual world application. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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