DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INTERACTIVE GAME

• US 20110107239A1
• Filed: 04/30/2009
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Animation Lab, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Animation Lab, Ltd.
• Inventors: Adoni, Uri, Hillel, Irit
• Application Number:
  US12/736,668
• Publication Number:
  US 20110107239A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/757
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/60 Generating or modifying game content before or while executing the game program, e.g. authoring tools specially adapted for game development or game-integrated level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/795 for finding other players; for building a team; for providing a buddy list
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/87 Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/807 Role playing or strategy games
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8082 Virtual reality

Abstract

Device, system, and method of interactive game. For example, a system includes: a server to host a virtual hub associated with a plurality of spokes, wherein each spoke leads users to a plurality of virtual worlds having a common characteristic, wherein the virtual hub and the spokes comprise a virtual worlds network, wherein the server comprises a single sign-on module able to receive from a user a first set of sign-on data items, and able to sign-on the user to a first virtual world and to a second virtual world.

Claims

1-26. -26. (canceled)

27. A system comprising:

a server to host a virtual hub associated with a plurality of spokes,

wherein each spoke leads users to a plurality of virtual worlds having a common characteristic,

wherein the virtual hub and the spokes comprise a virtual worlds network,

wherein the server comprises a single sign-on module able to receive from a user a first set of sign-on data items, and able to sign-on the user to a first virtual world and to a second virtual world.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the server comprises an avatar modification module to transform a first avatar associated with the user in the first virtual world, into a second avatar associated with the user in the second virtual world.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the avatar modification module is to transform the first avatar into the second avatar based on a server-side lookup table storing indications of corresponding avatars across a plurality of virtual worlds.

30. The system of claim 28, wherein the avatar modification module is to transform an accessory of the first avatar, associated with the first virtual world, into another accessory of the second avatar, associated with the second virtual world.

31. The system of claim 27, wherein the server comprises a currency converter module to transform a first balance in a first virtual currency associated with the user in the first virtual world, into a second balance in a second virtual currency associated with the user in the second virtual world.

32. The system of claim 27, wherein the server comprises an Instant Messaging (IM) communication module (a) to receive an IM message from a first user in the first virtual world, and (b) to present the IM message to a second user in the second virtual world.

33. The system of claim 27, wherein the server comprises a social networking module (a) to receive a social networking content item from a first user in the first virtual world, and (b) to present the social networking content item to a second user in the second virtual world.

34. The system of claim 27, wherein the server comprises a matching module to send to a user of the first virtual world a proposal to befriend a user of the second virtual world.

35. The system of claim 27, wherein the single sign-on module is to generate, from the first set of sign-on data items:

(a) a first set of data items for signing-on the user to the first virtual world, and (b) a second set of data items for signing-on the user to the second virtual world.

36. The system of claim 27, wherein the server comprises at least one of:

a module for trading of virtual items among users of the virtual worlds network;

a module for auctioning of virtual items among users of the virtual worlds network;

a module for User Generated Content (UGC) activities.

37. A method of operating an interactive game, the method comprising:

displaying a graphical representation of a geographical area, wherein the graphical representation comprises one or more user-selectable icons corresponding to one or more respective geographical locations in said geographical area;

in response to a user selection of one of the icons, activating an interactive game having content related at least partially to the geographical location corresponding to the selected icon;

wherein the activating comprises;

activating an interactive game having content related to a work-of-authorship, wherein the work-of-authorship is related at least partially to the geographical locatioS corresponding to the selected icon.

38. The method of claim 37, wherein the work-of-authorship comprises a work-of-authorship selected from the group consisting of:

a folk tale that takes place in the geographical location corresponding to the selected icon;

a fairy tale that takes place in the geographical location corresponding to the selected icon;

a fiction story that takes place in the geographical location corresponding to the selected icon;

a non-fiction story that takes place in the geographical location corresponding to the selected icon;

a television production that takes place in the geographical location corresponding to the selected icon;

a movie production that takes place in the geographical location corresponding to the selected icon;

an animated cartoon that takes place in the geographical location corresponding to the selected icon; and

a story written by an author from the geographical location corresponding to the selected icon.

39. The method of claim 37, comprising:

playing a digital version of at least a portion of the work-of-authorship;

pausing the playing of the digital version;

activating an online game related to the work-of-authorship; and

upon successful completion of the online game, resuming the playing of the digital version.

40. The method of claim 37, comprising:

generating an online chat session between (a) a first user represented by a first character of said work-of-authorship, and (b) a second user represented by a second character of said work-of-authorship.

41. The method of claim 40, comprising:

receiving from the first user a selection of a chat phrase from a pre-defined list of chat phrases;

displaying the chat phrase to the second user;

receiving from the first user a selection of a chat phrase in a first language; and

displaying to the second user a translation of the chat phrase in a second language.

42. The method of claim 37, comprising:

generating an online chat session between a user represented by a first character of said work-of-authorship and a computer-controlled second character of said work-of-authorship.

43. The method of claim 37, comprising:

generating an online chat session between a first user represented by a character of said work-of-authorship and a second user represented by another character of another work-of authorship.

44. The method of claim 37, comprising:

displaying a graphical representation of a virtual village corresponding to a site mentioned in the work-of-authorship;

displaying in the graphical representation of the virtual village a graphical representation of a character from said work-of-authorship; and

animating the graphical representation of the character in response to a user input.

45. The method of claim 37, wherein the geographical area comprises one or more of:

a two-dimensional landscape, a three-dimensional landscape, planet Earth, a real-life planet, a solar system, a portion of a solar system, an imaginary planet, a fantasy world, a historical world, an ancient world, a mythological world, a fiction world, and a semi-realistic world;

wherein at least part of the interactive game comprises User Generated Content (UGC).