WO2008109299A3 - System and method for communicating with a virtual world - Google Patents

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WO2008109299A3
WO2008109299A3 PCT/US2008/055037 US2008055037W WO2008109299A3 WO 2008109299 A3 WO2008109299 A3 WO 2008109299A3 US 2008055037 W US2008055037 W US 2008055037W WO 2008109299 A3 WO2008109299 A3 WO 2008109299A3
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virtual world
communication device
simulated
avatar
communication
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Tomas Gillo
Mitchell Goodwin
Scott Waugaman
Gary Zalewsky
Attila Vass
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Sony Comp Entertainment Us
Sony Comp Entertainment Europe
Tomas Gillo
Mitchell Goodwin
Scott Waugaman
Gary Zalewsky
Attila Vass
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Priority claimed from GBGB0703974.6A external-priority patent/GB0703974D0/en
Priority claimed from GB0704235A external-priority patent/GB2447095B/en
Priority claimed from GB0704246A external-priority patent/GB2447096B/en
Priority claimed from GB0704225A external-priority patent/GB2447094B/en
Priority claimed from GB0704227A external-priority patent/GB2447020A/en
Application filed by Sony Comp Entertainment Us, Sony Comp Entertainment Europe, Tomas Gillo, Mitchell Goodwin, Scott Waugaman, Gary Zalewsky, Attila Vass filed Critical Sony Comp Entertainment Us
Priority to EP08730776A priority Critical patent/EP2132650A4/en
Priority to JP2009551806A priority patent/JP2010533006A/en
Publication of WO2008109299A2 publication Critical patent/WO2008109299A2/en
Publication of WO2008109299A3 publication Critical patent/WO2008109299A3/en

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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    • A63F13/85—Providing additional services to players
    • A63F13/87—Communicating with other players during game play, e.g. by e-mail or chat
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    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F13/00—Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions
    • A63F13/30—Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
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    • A63F13/30—Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
    • A63F13/33—Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers using wide area network [WAN] connections
    • A63F13/332—Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers using wide area network [WAN] connections using wireless networks, e.g. cellular phone networks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • A63F13/90—Constructional details or arrangements of video game devices not provided for in groups A63F13/20 or A63F13/25, e.g. housing, wiring, connections or cabinets
    • A63F13/92—Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
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    • G06N3/004—Artificial life, i.e. computing arrangements simulating life
    • G06N3/006—Artificial life, i.e. computing arrangements simulating life based on simulated virtual individual or collective life forms, e.g. social simulations or particle swarm optimisation [PSO]
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2300/00—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game
    • A63F2300/50—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game characterized by details of game servers
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    • A63F2300/5553—Details of game data or player data management using player registration data, e.g. identification, account, preferences, game history user representation in the game field, e.g. avatar
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2300/00—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game
    • A63F2300/50—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game characterized by details of game servers
    • A63F2300/57—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game characterized by details of game servers details of game services offered to the player
    • A63F2300/572—Communication between players during game play of non game information, e.g. e-mail, chat, file transfer, streaming of audio and streaming of video
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2300/00—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game
    • A63F2300/60—Methods for processing data by generating or executing the game program
    • A63F2300/69—Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F2300/00—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game
    • A63F2300/80—Features of games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions, e.g. on a television screen, showing representations related to the game specially adapted for executing a specific type of game
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Abstract

A system and method for communicating with a virtual world are disclosed. The virtual world may comprise a simulated public space and one or more private spaces. Each private space may be associated with a particular user. A user's interactions with the virtual world may be represented by one or more actions of an avatar. A communication device may be simulated in the virtual world. Communication may take place between the simulated communication device and a real communication device. The virtual world may be generated by one or more processors configured to simulate a communication device in the virtual world and communicate between the simulated communication device and a real communication device. Systems and methods for virtual world communication with avatars, custom avatar gestures, mapping of user emotional state to an avatar and routing of communications between virtual and real communication devices are also disclosed.
PCT/US2008/055037 2007-03-01 2008-02-26 System and method for communicating with a virtual world WO2008109299A2 (en)

Priority Applications (2)

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EP08730776A EP2132650A4 (en) 2007-03-01 2008-02-26 System and method for communicating with a virtual world
JP2009551806A JP2010533006A (en) 2007-03-01 2008-02-26 System and method for communicating with a virtual world

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US89239707P 2007-03-01 2007-03-01
GB0703974.6 2007-03-01
US60/892,397 2007-03-01
GBGB0703974.6A GB0703974D0 (en) 2007-03-01 2007-03-01 Entertainment device
GB0704235A GB2447095B (en) 2007-03-01 2007-03-05 Entertainment device and method
US11/682,292 US20080215972A1 (en) 2007-03-01 2007-03-05 Mapping user emotional state to avatar in a virtual world
GB0704246A GB2447096B (en) 2007-03-01 2007-03-05 Entertainment device and method
US11/682,298 US8788951B2 (en) 2007-03-01 2007-03-05 Avatar customization
US11/682,299 2007-03-05
GB0704227.8 2007-03-05
US11/682,287 2007-03-05
US11/682,284 2007-03-05
GB0704225.2 2007-03-05
US11/682,298 2007-03-05
GB0704246.8 2007-03-05
US11/682,299 US8502825B2 (en) 2007-03-01 2007-03-05 Avatar email and methods for communicating between real and virtual worlds
US11/682,287 US20080215971A1 (en) 2007-03-01 2007-03-05 System and method for communicating with an avatar
US11/682,284 US7979574B2 (en) 2007-03-01 2007-03-05 System and method for routing communications among real and virtual communication devices
US11/682,292 2007-03-05
US11/682,281 US8425322B2 (en) 2007-03-01 2007-03-05 System and method for communicating with a virtual world
GB0704225A GB2447094B (en) 2007-03-01 2007-03-05 Entertainment device and method
US11/682,281 2007-03-05
GB0704227A GB2447020A (en) 2007-03-01 2007-03-05 Transmitting game data from an entertainment device and rendering that data in a virtual environment of a second entertainment device
GB0704235.1 2007-03-05

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