Multiple avatar personalities
AssigneeAOL Inc.
InventorsPatrick D. Blattner, John D. Robinson, Andrew C. Weaver
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Abstract
Perception of multiple online personas is enabled in an instant messaging communications session. At least two identities within a communications environment to whom messages may be directed are identified. A first persona of a user is enabled to be projected to a first of the identities while a second persona of the same user is enabled to be concurrently projected to a second of the identities. The first and second personas each include an avatar capable of being animated, and the first persona and the second persona differ.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for enabling perception of multiple online personas in an instant messaging communications session, the method comprising:
- identifying at least two identities within a communications environment to whom messages may be directed;
- and
- enabling a first persona of a user to be projected to a first of the identities while enabling a second persona of the same user to be concurrently projected to a second of the identities,
- wherein:
- the first and second personas each comprise an avatar capable of being animated, and
- the first persona and the second persona differ.
A computer-readable medium or propagated signal having embodied thereon a computer program configured to enable perception of multiple online personas in an instant messaging communications session, the medium or signal comprising one or more code segments configured to
- identify at least two identities within a communications environment to whom messages may be directed;
- and
- enable a first persona of a user to be projected to a first of the identities while enabling a second persona of the same user to be concurrently projected to a second of the identities,
- wherein:
- the first and second personas each comprise an avatar capable of being animated, and
- the first persona and the second persona differ.
A system for enabling perception of multiple online personas in an instant messaging communications session, the system comprising a processor connected to a storage device and one or more input/output devices, wherein the processor is configured to:
- identify at least two identities within a communications environment to whom messages may be directed;
- and
- enable a first persona of a user to be projected to a first of the identities while enabling a second persona of the same user to be concurrently projected to a second of the identities,
- wherein:
- the first and second personas each comprise an avatar capable of being animated, and
- the first persona and the second persona differ.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.