System and method to modify audio components in an online environment
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJeffrey D. AMSTERDAM, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Brian M. O'Connell, Keith R. Walker
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Abstract
A system and method to modify audio components in an online environment based on avatar characteristics and/or inventory items. The system includes a component to allow one or more audio modification algorithms to be selected. The system also includes a component to identify one or more avatar characteristics and a component to identify one or more avatar inventory items. The system further comprises a component to modify an audio communication in a virtual universe based on at least one of the one or more audio modification algorithms, the one or more avatar characteristics, and the one or more avatar inventory items.
Claims25
An audio modification system comprising hardware and software, the system comprising:
- a component configured to allow one or more audio modification algorithms to be selected;
- a component configured to identify at least one of one or more avatar characteristics and one or more avatar inventory items;
- and
- a component configured to modify an audio communication in a virtual universe based on at least one of the one or more audio modification algorithms, the one or more avatar characteristics, and the one or more avatar inventory items.
A method for modifying audio implemented on a computer infrastructure and embodied on a computer readable storage medium comprising:
- modifying an audio communication based on one or more of a sound modification algorithm, an inventory item, a characteristic, a user direction, and an object location;
- transmitting the audio communication to a receiver in a virtual universe;
- and
- notifying the receiver that a modification has been applied.
A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having readable program code embodied in the storage medium, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to:
- identify at least one of a sound modification algorithm, an inventory item, a characteristic, a user direction, and an object location;
- and
- modify an audio communication within a virtual universe based on at least one of the sound modification algorithm, the inventory item, the characteristic, the user direction, and the object location.
A method for deploying an application for modifying audio communications, comprising:
- providing a computer infrastructure being operable to:
- modify an audio communication in a virtual universe based on a sound modification algorithm, an inventory item, a characteristic, a user direction, and an object location;
- and
- transmit the audio communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.