Systems and methods of assessing permissions in virtual worlds

A method of determining permissibility of actions within a virtual world, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a service provider computing system comprising computer hardware, an action request identifying a request by a virtual world entity to take an action upon an object within a virtual world;
• selecting, by the service provider, two or more gatekeeper objects each having permission rules associated with the object, the permission rules configured to determine permissibility of the action to be taken by the virtual world entity on the object;
• determining, by the service provider, a hierarchy of the two or more selected gatekeeper objects;
• and
• determining, by the service provider, whether the action is permitted based on the permission rules of the two or more gatekeeper objects, wherein conflicts between permission rules between two or more gatekeeper objects are resolved based on the determined hierarchy.

A method of determining permissibility of actions within a virtual world, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a service provider comprising computing hardware, an action request identifying an attempt by a virtual world entity to take an action upon an object within the virtual world;
• selecting one or more gatekeeper objects having permission rules configured to determine permissibility of the action to be taken by the virtual world entity on the object, the permission rules including an avatar matching component, an action matching component, or an object matching component;
• iterating through one or more of the gatekeeper objects to identify one or more applicable permission rules based on the virtual world entity, the action to be taken, and the object to be acted upon;
• determining whether the action is permitted based on the one or more applicable permission rules;
• and
• transmitting an action response including a result of said determining.

A computer system configured to determine permissibility of actions within a virtual world, the computer system comprising:

• non-transitory computer-readable storage having stored thereon a plurality of modules implemented as executable instructions;
• one or more computer processor circuits configured to execute the plurality of modules;
• a receiver configured to receive an action request identifying an attempt by a virtual world entity to take an action upon an object within the virtual world;
• a gatekeeper selection module configured to select one or more gatekeeper objects having permission rules configured to determine permissibility of the action to be taken by the virtual world entity on the object, the permission rules including one or more of an avatar matching component, an action matching component, and an object matching component;
• a rule application module configured to iterate through one or more of the gatekeeper objects to identify one or more applicable permission rules based on the virtual world entity, the action to be taken, and the object to be acted upon;
• a permission determination module configured to determine whether the action is permitted based on the one or more applicable permission rules;
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• a transmitter configured to transmit an action response including the determination of whether the action is permitted.