Unlocking content in a virtual environment
AssigneeenVie Interactive LLC
InventorViktor Kalvachev
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Abstract
Content in a virtual environment may be unlocked based on an aggregated trust level. More specifically, trust levels of a user with individual ones of non-user characters in the virtual environment may be tracked. The trust levels may be based on interactions between the user and individual ones of non-user characters in the virtual environment. A group trust level of the user with a group of the non-user characters may be determined. The group trust level may be based on an aggregation of the trust levels of the individual ones of the non-user characters. Content that was previously locked for the user may be unlocked for the user responsive to the group trust level breaching a group trust threshold.
Claims20
A system configured to provide a virtual environment in which content is unlocked based on an aggregated trust level, the system comprising:
- one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising:
- an environment module configured to provide content to a first user within the virtual environment, the content comprising views of the virtual environment;
- a non-user-character module configured to manage information related to non-user characters within the virtual environment, the non-user characters being grouped into one or more groups;
- an activity module configured to manage information related to individual ones of a plurality of activities within the virtual environment, wherein individual ones of the non-user characters are associated with different sets of the activities, and wherein interactions between the first user and a first non-user character include participation by the first user with the first non-user character in an activity in a set of the activities associated with the first non-user character;
- a non-user-character-trust module configured to track trust levels of users with individual ones of the non-user characters, wherein the trust level of the first user with the first non-user character is based on interactions between the first user and the first non-user character;
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- a group trust module configured to determine group trust levels of the users with individual ones of the one or more groups of the non-user characters, wherein a group trust level of the first user with a first group of non-user characters including the first non-user character is based on an aggregation of the trust level of the first user with the first non-user character and the trust levels of the first user with the other non-user characters in the first group of non-user characters;
- wherein the environment module is configured to unlock, for the first user, content that was previously locked for the first user responsive to the first user achieving a group trust level with the first group of non-user characters that breaches a first group trust threshold.
A method for unlocking content in a virtual environment based on an aggregated trust level, the method comprising:
- providing content to a first user within the virtual environment, the content comprising views of the virtual environment, the content further comprising non-user characters and a plurality of activities within the virtual environment, the non-user characters being grouped into one or more groups, individual ones of the non-user characters being associated with different sets of the activities, and interactions between the first user and a first non-user character including participation by the first user with the first non-user character in an activity in a set of the activities associated with the first non-user character;
- tracking trust levels of the first user with individual ones of the non-user characters, wherein the trust level of the first user with the first non-user character is based on interactions between the first user and the first non-user character;
- determining group trust levels of the users with individual ones of the one or more groups of the non-user characters, a group trust level of the first user with a first group of non-user characters including the first non-user character being based on an aggregation of the trust level of the first user with the first non-user character and the trust levels of the first user with the other non-user characters in the first group of non-user characters;
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- unlocking, for the first user, content that was previously locked for the first user responsive to the first user achieving a group trust level with the first group of non-user characters that breaches a first group trust threshold.
A computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions being executable by a processor to perform a method for unlocking content in a virtual environment based on an aggregated trust level, the method comprising:
- providing content to a first user within the virtual environment, the content comprising views of the virtual environment, the content further comprising non-user characters and a plurality of activities within the virtual environment, the non-user characters being grouped into one or more groups, individual ones of the non-user characters being associated with different sets of the activities, and interactions between the first user and a first non-user character including participation by the first user with the first non-user character in an activity in a set of the activities associated with the first non-user character;
- tracking trust levels of the first user with individual ones of the non-user characters, wherein the trust level of the first user with the first non-user character is based on interactions between the first user and the first non-user character;
- determining group trust levels of the users with individual ones of the one or more groups of the non-user characters, a group trust level of the first user with a first group of non-user characters including the first non-user character being based on an aggregation of the trust level of the first user with the first non-user character and the trust levels of the first user with the other non-user characters in the first group of non-user characters;
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- unlocking, for the first user, content that was previously locked for the first user responsive to the first user achieving a group trust level with the first group of non-user characters that breaches a first group trust threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.