SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL WORLD COMMODITY DEVICE
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a virtual world commodity device including a housing and a memory, the memory comprising data associated with the virtual world commodity device;
wherein the virtual world commodity device is enabled to communicate with a virtual world environment to provide at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device; and
wherein the at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device is associated with a virtual world commodity in the virtual world environment and enables the virtual world environment to provide a virtual representation of the virtual world commodity device.
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Abstract
The present invention describes methods and apparatus to enable efficient and protected interaction with a virtual world environment. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a system including a virtual world commodity device including a housing and a memory. Furthermore, the system includes a product unique identifier stored in the memory of the virtual world commodity device. The virtual world commodity device is enabled to communicate with a virtual world environment to provide the product unique identifier and the virtual world environment provides a globally unique identifier to be stored in the memory of the virtual world commodity device.
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1. A system comprising:
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a virtual world commodity device including a housing and a memory, the memory comprising data associated with the virtual world commodity device; wherein the virtual world commodity device is enabled to communicate with a virtual world environment to provide at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device; and wherein the at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device is associated with a virtual world commodity in the virtual world environment and enables the virtual world environment to provide a virtual representation of the virtual world commodity device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A virtual world commodity device comprising:
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a housing; and a memory coupled to the housing, the memory comprising data associated with the virtual world commodity device; wherein the virtual world commodity device is enabled to communicate with a virtual world environment to provide at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device; wherein the at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device is associated with a virtual world commodity in the virtual world environment and enables the virtual world environment to provide a virtual representation of the virtual world commodity device; wherein the at least a portion of the data associated with virtual world commodity device includes at least one of a product unique identifier and a global unique identifier; wherein the virtual representation of the virtual commodity device is manipulable by a user in the virtual world environment.
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11. A method comprising:
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enabling communication between a virtual world commodity device and a virtual world environment, the virtual world commodity device including a housing and a memory, the memory comprising data associated with the virtual world commodity device; associating at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device with a virtual world commodity in the virtual world environment; and providing a virtual representation of the virtual world commodity device in the virtual world environment based on the at least a portion of the data associated with the virtual world commodity device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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