METHODS OF EFFICIENTLY RECORDING AND REPRODUCING ACTIVITY IN VIRTUAL WORLD
First Claim
1. A memory recall assistance apparatus for providing memory recall assistance to a user by a computer, the user operating an avatar in a virtual world divided into a plurality of blocks each provided with a unique identifier (ID), the apparatus comprising:
- search means of searching an activity record DB, including recorded activity datasets, to find an activity dataset containing an entered block ID of the avatar, the activity datasets each obtained by recording data on an activity of an avatar including an event content, a movement history and a repetition count of the activity;
determination means for determining whether the found activity dataset is appropriate for the memory recall assistance; and
display means for displaying, on a display of the computer, the activity dataset determined as appropriate for the memory recall assistance;
wherein the determination means includes means for calculating an importance score of the activity dataset from the event content and the repetition count and means for determining that the activity dataset is appropriate for the memory recall assistance if the importance score is greater than a predetermined value; and
wherein the display means includes means for displaying the movement history of the activity dataset near the avatar and means for displaying the event content of the activity dataset near the avatar.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for recording activities of an avatar in a virtual world by means of a computer including: means for dividing the virtual world into a plurality of blocks each provided with a unique ID; means for recording a movement history in a storage area of the computer, the movement history including the ID of each block which an avatar acting in the virtual world enters and a time point at which the avatar enters the block; means for deleting the movement history between the first and the last blocks of a plurality of blocks which the avatar enters if the plurality of blocks are continuous in a straight line in one direction; and activity record DB recording means for recording, as an activity dataset in an activity record DB, an event content, the movement history and a repetition count of an event.
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7 Claims
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1. A memory recall assistance apparatus for providing memory recall assistance to a user by a computer, the user operating an avatar in a virtual world divided into a plurality of blocks each provided with a unique identifier (ID), the apparatus comprising:
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search means of searching an activity record DB, including recorded activity datasets, to find an activity dataset containing an entered block ID of the avatar, the activity datasets each obtained by recording data on an activity of an avatar including an event content, a movement history and a repetition count of the activity; determination means for determining whether the found activity dataset is appropriate for the memory recall assistance; and display means for displaying, on a display of the computer, the activity dataset determined as appropriate for the memory recall assistance; wherein the determination means includes means for calculating an importance score of the activity dataset from the event content and the repetition count and means for determining that the activity dataset is appropriate for the memory recall assistance if the importance score is greater than a predetermined value; and wherein the display means includes means for displaying the movement history of the activity dataset near the avatar and means for displaying the event content of the activity dataset near the avatar. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A memory recall assistance method for assisting a user to recall memory by a computer, the user operating an avatar in a virtual world divided into a plurality of blocks each provided with a unique identifier (ID), the method comprising:
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a step of searching an activity record DB including recorded activity datasets to find an activity dataset containing an entered block ID of the avatar, the activity datasets each obtained by recording data on an activity of an avatar including an event content, a movement history and a repetition count of the activity; a determination step of determining whether the found activity dataset is appropriate for the memory recall assistance; and a display step of displaying, on a display of the computer, the activity dataset determined as appropriate for the memory recall assistance; wherein the determination step includes a step of calculating an importance score of the activity dataset from the event content and the repetition count and a step of determining that the activity dataset is appropriate for the memory recall assistance if the importance score is greater than a predetermined value; and wherein the display step includes a step of displaying the movement history of the activity dataset near the avatar and a step of displaying the event content of the activity dataset near the avatar. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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