Method and apparatus for associating graphic icon in internet virtual world with user's experience in real world
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1. A method of associating a graphic icon in a virtual world with a user'"'"'s experience in a real world, the method comprising:
- storing correspondence information in a database, the correspondence information associating graphic data values of one or more events that have previously occurred to the user in the real world with an action of the graphic icon;
logging data of an event currently occurring to the user in the real world;
assigning a graphic data value representing the event currently occurring to the user based on the logged data;
transmitting the graphic data value to the database;
comparing the graphic data value representing the event currently occurring to the user with the correspondence information;
when the comparison indicates that the event currently occurring to the user is the same as one of the one or more of the events that have previously occurred to the user, updating the graphic icon in the virtual world based on the correspondence information; and
when the comparison indicates that the event currently occurring to the user is not the same as one of the one or more of the events that have previously occurred to the user, generating a new graphic icon representing the event currently occurring to the user, displaying the new graphic icon, and updating the correspondence information.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus to associate a graphic icon representing a user in an Internet virtual world with the user'"'"'s experience in the real world, the method including: logging data of an event occurring to the user in the real world; transmitting the logged data to a server; and updating the graphic icon in the virtual world according to the transmitted data. Accordingly, by associating the contents of the user'"'"'s experience with a database (DB) and expressing the contents in the graphic icon, the user'"'"'s experiences in the real world can be more realistically expressed in a virtual world.
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1. A method of associating a graphic icon in a virtual world with a user'"'"'s experience in a real world, the method comprising:
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storing correspondence information in a database, the correspondence information associating graphic data values of one or more events that have previously occurred to the user in the real world with an action of the graphic icon; logging data of an event currently occurring to the user in the real world; assigning a graphic data value representing the event currently occurring to the user based on the logged data; transmitting the graphic data value to the database; comparing the graphic data value representing the event currently occurring to the user with the correspondence information; when the comparison indicates that the event currently occurring to the user is the same as one of the one or more of the events that have previously occurred to the user, updating the graphic icon in the virtual world based on the correspondence information; and when the comparison indicates that the event currently occurring to the user is not the same as one of the one or more of the events that have previously occurred to the user, generating a new graphic icon representing the event currently occurring to the user, displaying the new graphic icon, and updating the correspondence information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus to associate a graphic icon in a virtual world with a user'"'"'s experience in a real world, the apparatus comprising:
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a database storing correspondence information, the correspondence information associating graphic data values of one or more events that have previously occurred to the user in the real world with an action of the graphic icon; an event logging unit to log data of an event currently occurring to the user in the real world; a processor to assign a graphic data value to the user representing the event currently occurring to the user based on the logged data; a transmitter to transmit the graphic data value to the database; a comparator to compare the graphic data value representing the event currently occurring to the user with the correspondence information; and an updating unit to update the graphic icon in the virtual world based on the correspondence information when the comparison indicates that the event currently occurring to the user is the same as one of the one or more of the events that have previously occurred to the user, and to generate a new graphic icon representing the event currently occurring to the user, display the new graphic icon, and update the correspondence information when the comparison indicates that the event currently occurring to the user is not the same as one of the one or more of the events that have previously occurred to the user. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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