SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING AND INTERFACING BETWEEN REAL AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS
First Claim
1. A system for communicating comprising:
- an avatar-to-human communication environment;
an avatar, wherein said avatar responds in real-time to visual and audio information received from a human.
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Abstract
A human-to-avatar communication environment is disclosed in which a user comes into contact with a life-sized avatar simulating a sales assistant. The avatar communicates with the user to assist with product information, give advice, provide specifications, answer questions, and transact sales. By interacting with the user, the avatar may gather information from the user that indicates the user'"'"'s interests. The avatar could assist the user by providing information that may include answering questions the user may have about certain products, directing the user to detailed information about the products, informing the user about the product that best suits the user'"'"'s needs, informing the user of any complementary or popular accessories that go along with the product, helping the user purchase the products, and notifying the retail store'"'"'s inventory to prepare the product for delivery or pick-up by the user. In addition, the avatar may provide the user with product information which may include information about a specific product, information about a class of products, information used in the sale of a product, a product rating, a product description, a product price, a product'"'"'s features, a product'"'"'s peripheral devices, or any other type of information associated with a product. The user could also be provided with information regarding promotions or prizes from an external source (e.g. online, a catalog, an advertisement, etc.) and instructions to redeem the prize at the communication environment. The avatar could then assist the user in redeeming the prize or receiving, for example, a discount offered in a promotion.
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33 Claims
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1. A system for communicating comprising:
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an avatar-to-human communication environment; an avatar, wherein said avatar responds in real-time to visual and audio information received from a human. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for communicating comprising:
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an avatar-to-human communication environment; an avatar visible in said avatar-to-human communication environment and communicatively connected to a representative, wherein said representative receives audio and visual information in real-time from a human located in said avatar-to-human communication environment; and said representative responds in real-time to said human. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An avatar-to-human communication environment comprising:
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an avatar-to-human communication environment; an avatar displayed on a screen located in said environment; microphones located in said environment configured to pick up the sound of a human'"'"'s voice; video cameras located in said environment configured to pick up images of said human; speakers located in said environment; and a representative who is communicatively connected to said environment so as to hear and see said human in real-time through said microphone and said video camera and who can respond in real time to said human visually through said avatar and aurally through said speakers. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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