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US 2012/0071240 A1Published application
Musical action response system
AssigneeDisney Enterprises, Inc.
InventorChang Hoh Koo
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Abstract
A framework is disclosed for associating visual elements of a computer game with musical scores of a computer game. In one embodiment, a visual element is moved in a virtual environment of the computer game, in response to user input. Playback of a musical score may be altered based on movement of the visual element. A visual effect in the scene may also be generated, based on the altered playback of the musical score.
Claims21
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- playing back a musical score accompanying a virtual environment of a computer game;
- receiving user input to the computer game;
- moving a visual element in the virtual environment of the computer game, in response to the received user input;
- and
- by operation of one or more computer processors, altering playback of the musical score accompanying the virtual environment, based on the movement of the visual element and according to predefined choreography data associating the movement of the visual element with the playback of the musical score, wherein the altering is not pre-scripted.
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A computer-readable storage medium containing a program which, when executed, performs an operation comprising:
- playing back a musical score accompanying a virtual environment of a computer game;
- receiving user input to the computer game;
- moving a visual element in the virtual environment of the computer game, in response to the received user input;
- and
- altering playback of the musical score accompanying the virtual environment, based on the movement of the visual element and according to predefined choreography data associating the movement of the visual element with the playback of the musical score, wherein the altering is not pre-scripted.
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A system, comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- and
- a memory containing a program, which when executed by the one or more computer processors is configured to perform an operation comprising:
- playing back a musical score accompanying a virtual environment of a computer game;
- receiving user input to the computer game;
- moving a visual element in the virtual environment of the computer game, in response to the received user input;
- and
- altering playback of the musical score accompanying the virtual environment, based on the movement of the visual element and according to predefined choreography data associating the movement of the visual element with the playback of the musical score, wherein the altering is not pre-scripted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.