Rating virtual world merchandise by avatar visits
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for rating virtual world artifacts, the computer implemented method comprising the steps of:
- responsive to a computer detecting an event caused by an avatar accessing a virtual world artifact in a virtual world, receiving, by the computer, information about the event;
generating, by the computer, a rating score value for the virtual world artifact based on the information received about the event;
increasing, by the computer, the generated rating score value based on a number of times the virtual world artifact is accessed by the avatar within a predetermined period of time; and
updating, by the computer, a rendering of the virtual world artifact in the virtual world based on the generated rating score value by increasing a size of the virtual world artifact in relation to other artifacts present in a display of the virtual world if the generated rating score value is a high rating score value and decreasing the size of the virtual world artifact in relation to the other artifacts present in the display if the generated rating score value is a low rating score value.
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Abstract
Generating popularity ratings for virtual world artifacts based on how often and in what manner avatars access the artifacts is provided. The popularity ratings for virtual world artifacts may be used to determine what virtual world artifacts are selected to have a prominent presence in a virtual world. When an event caused by an avatar accessing a virtual world artifact in a virtual world is detected, the illustrative embodiments receive information about the event, such as the event type, the avatar identifier (ID), and the time the event occurred. The illustrative embodiments generate a rating score for the virtual world artifact based on the information received about the event. The illustrative embodiments update a rendering of the virtual world artifact in the virtual world based on the rating score.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for rating virtual world artifacts, the computer implemented method comprising the steps of:
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responsive to a computer detecting an event caused by an avatar accessing a virtual world artifact in a virtual world, receiving, by the computer, information about the event; generating, by the computer, a rating score value for the virtual world artifact based on the information received about the event; increasing, by the computer, the generated rating score value based on a number of times the virtual world artifact is accessed by the avatar within a predetermined period of time; and updating, by the computer, a rendering of the virtual world artifact in the virtual world based on the generated rating score value by increasing a size of the virtual world artifact in relation to other artifacts present in a display of the virtual world if the generated rating score value is a high rating score value and decreasing the size of the virtual world artifact in relation to the other artifacts present in the display if the generated rating score value is a low rating score value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 19)
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12. A data processing system for rating virtual world artifacts, the data processing system comprising:
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a bus; a storage device connected to the bus, wherein the storage device stores computer usable code; at least one managed device connected to the bus; a communications unit connected to the bus; and a processing unit connected to the bus, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable code to receive, in response to detecting an event caused by an avatar accessing a virtual world artifact in a virtual world, information about the event;
generate a rating score value for the virtual world artifact based on the information received about the event;
increase the generated rating score value based on a number of times the virtual world artifact is accessed by the avatar within a predetermined period of time; and
update a rendering of the virtual world artifact in the virtual world based on the generated rating score value by increasing a size of the virtual world artifact in relation to other artifacts present in a display of the virtual world if the generated rating score value is a high rating score value and decreasing the size of the virtual world artifact in relation to the other artifacts present in the display if the generated rating score value is a low rating score value.
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13. A computer program product stored on a computer readable storage device having computer usable program code embodied thereon that is executable by a computer for rating virtual world artifacts, the computer program product comprising:
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computer usable program code for receiving, by a computer, in response to the computer detecting an event caused by an avatar accessing a virtual world artifact in a virtual world, information about the event; computer usable program code for generating, by the computer, a rating score value for the virtual world artifact based on the information received about the event; computer usable program code for increasing, by the computer, the generated rating score value based on a number of times the virtual world artifact is accessed by the avatar within a predetermined period of time; and computer usable program code for updating, by the computer, a rendering of the virtual world artifact in the virtual world based on the generated rating score value by increasing a size of the virtual world artifact in relation to other artifacts present in a display of the virtual world if the generated rating score value is a high rating score value and decreasing the size of the virtual world artifact in relation to the other artifacts present in the display if the generated rating score value is a low rating score value. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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