SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING AVATARS

• US 20170113140A1
• Filed: 01/09/2017
• Published: 04/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Bitstrips, Inc. (Snap, Inc.)
• Inventors: Blackstock, Jacob Edward, Kennedy, David James, Panth, Shahan, Baldwin, Dorian Franklin
• Granted Patent: US 11,229,849 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/537 using indicators, e.g. showing the condition of a game character on screen
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/63 by the player, e.g. authoring using a level editor
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5553 user representation in the game field, e.g. avatar
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6018 where the game content is authored by the player, e.g. level editor or by game device at runtime, e.g. level is created from music data on CD
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/006 based on simulated virtual individual or collective life forms, e.g. social simulations or particle swarm optimisation [PSO]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation

Abstract

Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for modifying avatar components of avatar datasets for multiple users, generating avatars based on the datasets, and displaying multiple avatars on a display screen of a graphical user interface.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor;

a graphical user interface coupled to the processor, the graphical user interface comprising an input device and a display screen; and

memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising;

receiving, via the input device of the graphical user interface, selection of a first avatar dataset comprising a first plurality of avatar components associated with a first user;

retrieving, from a computing device in communication with the system over a network, a second avatar dataset comprising a second plurality of avatar components associated with a second user;

modifying one or more of;

the first plurality of avatar components in the first avatar dataset and the second plurality of avatar components in the second avatar dataset;

generating a first avatar based on the first avatar dataset;

generating a second avatar based on the second avatar dataset; and

displaying, on the display screen of the graphical user interface, the first avatar and the second avatar.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein an avatar component from the second avatar dataset includes one or more of:

a category name, a category type, a gender, a subcategory name, and a state.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein retrieving the second avatar dataset from the computing device includes retrieving a subset of a total number of available avatar components stored on the computing device based on the subset of avatar components each having a common characteristic, the common characteristic including one or more of:

an identical category name, an identical category type, an identical gender, an identical subcategory name, and an identical state.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the second avatar dataset is retrieved from the second computing device over an application programming interface.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein retrieving the second avatar dataset includes performing a format conversion on the second avatar dataset via the application programming interface.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory further stores instructions for causing the system to perform operations comprising:

displaying at least a portion of the first plurality of avatar components and at least a portion of the second plurality of avatar components together on the display screen of the graphical user interface;

receiving, via the input device of the graphical user interface, a selection of an avatar component from the plurality of displayed avatar components;

generating a first adapted avatar based on the first avatar and the selected avatar component;

generating a second adapted avatar based on the second avatar and the selected avatar component; and

displaying, on the display screen of the graphical user interface, the first adapted avatar and the second adapted avatar.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory further stores instructions for causing the system to perform operations comprising:

determining that the first user and the second user participated in an activity;

modifying the first avatar and the second avatar in response to determining the first user and second user participated in the activity; and

displaying the modified first and second avatars on the display screen of the graphical user interface.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein modifying the first avatar includes one or more of:

displaying an icon with the first avatar, displaying a title with the first avatar, and changing an appearance of the first avatar.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein changing the appearance of the first avatar includes one of:

changing the appearance of the first avatar to appear stronger, or changing the appearance of the first avatar to appear tired.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein retrieving the second avatar dataset includes mapping an avatar component in the second avatar dataset to an avatar component in the first avatar dataset.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein mapping the avatar component in the second avatar dataset to the avatar component in the first avatar dataset includes discarding one or more avatar components from one or more of:

the first plurality of avatar components, and the second plurality of avatar components.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein displaying the first avatar and the second avatar includes displaying the first avatar and the second avatar within a video game.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein displaying the first avatar and the second avatar includes displaying the first avatar and the second avatar on a social networking platform in communication with the system.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein displaying the first avatar and the second avatar includes displaying the first avatar and the second avatar within a messaging application.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein displaying the first avatar and the second avatar includes displaying the first avatar and the second avatar within one or more of a custom comic and a custom animation.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein displaying the first avatar and the second avatar includes displaying the first avatar and the second avatar within a group of personalized emoticons.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein displaying the first avatar and the second avatar includes displaying the first avatar and the second avatar within an e-greeting card.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein displaying the first avatar and the second avatar includes modifying an outfit for the first avatar and an outfit for the second avatar based on body data for the first user and body data for the second user.

19. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a computer system via an input device of a graphical user interface coupled to the computer system, selection of a first avatar dataset comprising a first plurality of avatar components associated with a first user;

retrieving, by the computer system from a computing device in communication with the computer system over a network, a second avatar dataset comprising a second plurality of avatar components associated with a second user;

modifying, by the computer system, one or more of;

the first plurality of avatar components in the first avatar dataset and the second plurality of avatar components in the second avatar dataset;

generating, by the computer system, a first avatar based on the first avatar dataset;

generating, by the computer system, a second avatar based on the second avatar dataset; and

displaying, by the computer system on a display screen of the graphical user interface, the first avatar and the second avatar.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:

retrieving, from a computing device in communication with the computer system over a network, a second avatar dataset comprising a second plurality of avatar components associated with a second user;

modifying one or more of;

the first plurality of avatar components in the first avatar dataset and the second plurality of avatar components in the second avatar dataset;

generating a first avatar based on the first avatar dataset;

generating a second avatar based on the second avatar dataset; and

displaying, on a display screen of the graphical user interface, the first avatar and the second avatar.