User interaction with intelligent virtual objects, avatars, which interact with other avatars controlled by different users
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1. A method in which a user communicates with a first intelligent virtual object, said method comprising the steps of:
- said user selecting a set of characteristics for said first intelligent virtual object wherein each of said characteristics is associated with one or more predetermined responses to stimuli;
said first intelligent virtual object filtering communication with other intelligent virtual objects utilizing said predetermined responses such that said other intelligent virtual objects receive real-time responses to stimuli initiated by said other intelligent virtual objects; and
,said first intelligent virtual object interactively passing communication from said other intelligent virtual objects to said user.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus wherein a user interacts with an intelligent virtual object, or avatar, wherein the user is able to program a personality into the intelligent virtual object. The programmed personality allows the intelligent virtual object to react to stimuli without the need to communicate each stimuli to the user. This optimizes the flow of traffic over the transmission medium.
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18 Claims
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1. A method in which a user communicates with a first intelligent virtual object, said method comprising the steps of:
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said user selecting a set of characteristics for said first intelligent virtual object wherein each of said characteristics is associated with one or more predetermined responses to stimuli; said first intelligent virtual object filtering communication with other intelligent virtual objects utilizing said predetermined responses such that said other intelligent virtual objects receive real-time responses to stimuli initiated by said other intelligent virtual objects; and
,said first intelligent virtual object interactively passing communication from said other intelligent virtual objects to said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer system contained within a computer network wherein multiple computers are connected together using telecommunications mechanisms and in which a user communicates with a first intelligent virtual object, said computer system comprising the steps of:
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said user selecting a set of characteristics for said first intelligent virtual object wherein each of said characteristics is associated with one or more predetermined responses to stimuli; said first intelligent virtual object filtering communication with other intelligent virtual objects utilizing said predetermined responses such that said other intelligent virtual objects receive real-time responses to stimuli initiated by said other intelligent virtual objects; and
,said first intelligent virtual object interactively passing communication from said other intelligent virtual objects to said user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. Programmable media containing programmable software enabling a user to communicate with a first intelligent virtual object, programmable software comprising the steps of:
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said user selecting a set of characteristics for said first intelligent virtual object wherein each of said characteristics is associated with one or more predetermined responses to stimuli; said first intelligent virtual object filtering communication with other intelligent virtual objects utilizing said predetermined responses such that said other intelligent virtual objects receive real-time responses to stimuli initiated by said other intelligent virtual objects; and
,said first intelligent virtual object interactively passing communication from other intelligent virtual objects to said user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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