Virtual world property disposition after real-world occurrence
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1. A method of resolving virtual world property ownership, comprising:
- identifying a virtual world property right in a multi-player virtual world environment, which virtual world property right has been acquired by a real-world party;
establishing confirmation that the real-world party is deceased; and
in response to said confirmation, transferring the virtual world property right to a designated successor party.
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Abstract
A method and system provides transactions and arrangements in virtual world environments. A user can participate in transactions to acquire virtual property and related virtual rights. In some implementations, real-world and virtual parties can be involved in possible transfers of various types of virtual property and virtual property rights.
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1. A method of resolving virtual world property ownership, comprising:
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identifying a virtual world property right in a multi-player virtual world environment, which virtual world property right has been acquired by a real-world party; establishing confirmation that the real-world party is deceased; and in response to said confirmation, transferring the virtual world property right to a designated successor party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of enabling transfer of a virtual world property right, comprising:
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providing a procedure for transferring a virtual world property right pursuant to authorization from a virtual world patron, which authorization is effective upon a real-world death of the virtual world patron; maintaining a record of the authorization; confirming the real-world death of the virtual world patron; and transferring the virtual world property right to a successor party designated by the virtual world patron. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A computer-implemented system comprising:
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a virtual world in which a patron of the virtual world may participate and acquire a transferable right regarding a virtual aspect or attribute; a module to facilitate authorizing a disposition of the transferable right to a designated successor party, which disposition will be triggered by a real-world death of the patron; and a record of any required information including an applicable term or condition required for the disposition to occur. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A computer program product having encoded instructions for executing a process, wherein the process comprises:
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providing a virtual world environment where a participant is enabled to interact with another participant or with a non-player entity; facilitating an arrangement to transfer a virtual property right to a designated successor party, which transfer is contingent upon a real-world death of the participant; and making a record of the arrangement to transfer. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A method of resolving virtual world property ownership, comprising:
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identifying a virtual world property right in a multi-player virtual world environment, which virtual world property right has been acquired by a real-world party; establishing confirmation that the real-world party is deceased; providing, via a processor, a procedure for transferring the virtual world property right pursuant to an authorization from the virtual world patron, which authorization is effective upon a real-world death of the virtual world patron; transferring the virtual world property right to a successor party designated by the virtual world patron in the authorization; making a record of the transfer, the record including; a transfer-related tag or flag associated with the patron.
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