SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING AVATARS

• US 20190001223A1
• Filed: 09/10/2018
• Published: 01/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Inventors: Blackstock, Jacob Edward, Kennedy, David James, Panth, Shahan, Baldwin, Dorian Franklin
• Granted Patent: US 11,607,616 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 a first avatar dataset comprising a first plurality of avatar components associated with a first user;

modifying one or more of the first plurality of avatar components in the first avatar dataset to generate one or more modified first avatars components;

generating a first avatar based on the first avatar dataset;

generating one or more modified first avatars based on the one or more modified first avatars components, respectively; and

displaying the first avatar or the one or more modified first avatars on the display screen of the graphical user interface.

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

displaying a plurality of avatar components on the display screen of the graphical user interface;

receiving via the input device of the graphical user interface a selection of the first plurality of avatar components from the plurality of displayed avatar components.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of the first plurality of avatar components includes one or more of:

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

4. The system of claim 1, wherein receiving the first avatar dataset includes:

retrieving, from a computing device in communication with the system over a network, the first avatar dataset.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein retrieving the first 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.

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

determining that the first user participated in an activity; and

modifying the one or more of the first plurality of avatar components in response to determining the first user participated in the activity, wherein the one or more modified first avatars displayed on the display screen is based on the activity.

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

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

8. The system of claim 1, wherein modifying one or more of the first plurality of avatar components includes:

extracting information regarding the first user from a social networking platform, wherein the information regarding the first user from the social networking platform includes at least one of;

interests of the user, physiological data of the user, or emotional data of the user; and

modifying one or more of the first plurality of avatar components based on the extracted information regarding the first user.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein displaying the first avatar or the one or more modified first avatars includes displaying the first avatar or the one or more modified first avatars on a social networking platform in communication with the system or within a messaging application.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein displaying the first avatar or the one or more modified first avatars includes displaying the first avatar or the one or more modified first avatars within at least one of:

a custom comic, a custom animation, a group of personalized emoticons, or an e-greeting card.

11. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a first avatar dataset comprising a first plurality of avatar components associated with a first user;

modifying one or more of the first plurality of avatar components in the first avatar dataset to generate one or more modified first avatars components;

generating a first avatar based on the first avatar dataset;

generating one or more modified first avatars based on the one or more modified first avatars components, respectively; and

displaying the first avatar or the one or more modified first avatars on the display screen of the graphical user interface.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein further comprising:

displaying a plurality of avatar components on the display screen of the graphical user interface; and

receiving via the input device of the graphical user interface a selection of the first plurality of avatar components from the plurality of displayed avatar components.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein receiving the first avatar dataset includes:

retrieving, from a computing device in communication with the system over a network, the first avatar dataset.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein further comprising:

determining that the first user participated in an activity; and

modifying the one or more of the first plurality of avatar components in response to determining the first user participated in the activity, wherein the one or more modified first avatars displayed on the display screen is based on the activity.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, 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.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein modifying one or more of the first plurality of avatar components includes:

extracting information regarding the first user from a social networking platform, wherein the information regarding the first user from the social networking platform includes at least one of;

interests of the user, physiological data of the user, or emotional data of the user; and

modifying one or more of the first plurality of avatar components based on the extracted information regarding the first user.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein displaying the first avatar or the one or more modified first avatars includes displaying the first avatar or the one or more modified first avatars on a social networking platform in communication with the system or within a messaging application.

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

receiving a first avatar dataset comprising a first plurality of avatar components associated with a first user;

modifying one or more of the first plurality of avatar components in the first avatar dataset to generate one or more modified first avatars components;

generating a first avatar based on the first avatar dataset;

generating one or more modified first avatars based on the one or more modified first avatars components, respectively; and

displaying the first avatar or the one or more modified first avatars on the display screen of the graphical user interface.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein modifying one or more of the first plurality of avatar components includes:

extracting information regarding the first user from a social networking platform, wherein the information regarding the first user from the social networking platform includes at least one of;

interests of the user, physiological data of the user, or emotional data of the user; and

modifying one or more of the first plurality of avatar components based on the extracted information regarding the first user.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein displaying the first avatar or the one or more modified first avatars includes displaying the first avatar or the one or more modified first avatars on a social networking platform in communication with the system or within a messaging application.