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INITIATE EVENTS THROUGH HIDDEN INTERACTIONS

  • US 20140237392A1
  • Filed: 02/15/2013
  • Published: 08/21/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to trigger events in a virtual environment, comprising:

  • monitoring a communication in the virtual environment between at least a first user represented by a first avatar and a second user represented by a second avatar, the communication having an explicit meaning to the first and second users;

    determining, by operation of one or more computer processors, whether the communication is predefined as a trigger associated with a corresponding event based on the communication having a secondary meaning not discernible from the explicit meaning; and

    upon determining that the communication is predefined as the trigger, triggering the corresponding event in the virtual environment.

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