Avatar email and methods for communicating between real and virtual worlds
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- associating an avatar with a source of an email;
generating an email within a virtual world;
generating the animation of an avatar, wherein generating the email comprises tracking an emotional state of a source of the email and mapping the emotional state to the animation;
associating the animation of the avatar with the email;
sending the email to a real device;
and presenting the animation at a destination of the email.
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Abstract
A method for and system for communicating using a virtual world are disclosed. In the method an avatar may be associated with a source of an email. An email may be generated within the virtual world and one or more images of an avatar may be associated with the email. The email may be sent to a real device and the one or more images may be presented at a destination of the email. The system may comprise one or more processors configured to generate a virtual world; associate an avatar with a source of an email; generate an email within the virtual world; associate one or more images of an avatar with the email; send the email to a real device; and present the one or more images at a destination of the email.
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23 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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associating an avatar with a source of an email; generating an email within a virtual world; generating the animation of an avatar, wherein generating the email comprises tracking an emotional state of a source of the email and mapping the emotional state to the animation; associating the animation of the avatar with the email; sending the email to a real device; and presenting the animation at a destination of the email. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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one or more processors configured to; generate a virtual world; associate an avatar with a source of an email; generate an email within the virtual world, wherein generating the email comprises tracking an emotional state of a source of the email and mapping the emotional state to the animation; generate the animation of an avatar; associate the animation of the avatar with the email; send the email to a real device; and present the animation at a destination of the email. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for communicating using a virtual world, comprising:
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associating an avatar with a source of an email; generating an email within the virtual world; generating the animation of an avatar; associating the animation of the avatar with the email, wherein associating the animation of the avatar with the email includes attaching the animation to the email as a self-extracting attachment; sending the email to a real device; and presenting the animation at a destination of the email.
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23. A system, comprising:
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one or more processors configured to; generate a virtual world; associate an avatar with a source of an email; generate an email within the virtual world; generate the animation of an avatar; associate the animation of the avatar with the email wherein the one or more processors are configured to associate the animation of the avatar with the email by attaching the animation to the email as a self-extracting attachment; send the email to a real device; and present the animation at a destination of the email.
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