Avatar personalization in a virtual environment
AssigneeDisney Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsSteven Makofsky, Paul Cutsinger
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed to facilitate avatar personalization in a virtual environment. A request to generate an avatar in the virtual environment to represent a requesting entity is received. Data pertaining to the requesting entity is retrieved, the data not specifying any visual appearance of the avatar. A proposed avatar is generated based on the retrieved data. The proposed avatar is output to the requesting entity.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method to facilitate avatar personalization in a virtual environment, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to generate an avatar in the virtual environment to represent a requesting entity;
- retrieving data pertaining to the requesting entity, wherein the retrieved data does not explicitly specify any visual appearance of the avatar and does not explicitly specify any name for the avatar;
- and
- generating a proposed avatar based on the retrieved data pertaining to the requesting entity and by operation of one or more computer processors, the proposed avatar having a visual appearance that is not based on any music content of the requesting entity, wherein the proposed avatar is output to the requesting entity responsive to the received request.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing a program, which when executed, is configured to perform an operation to facilitate avatar personalization in a virtual environment, the operation comprising:
- receiving a request to generate an avatar in the virtual environment to represent a requesting entity;
- retrieving data pertaining to the requesting entity, wherein the retrieved data does not explicitly specify any visual appearance of the avatar and does not explicitly specify any name for the avatar;
- and
- generating a proposed avatar based on the retrieved data pertaining to the requesting entity and by operation of one or more computer processors when executing the program, the proposed avatar having a visual appearance that is not based on any music content of the requesting entity, wherein the proposed avatar is output to the requesting entity responsive to the received request.
A system to facilitate avatar personalization in a virtual environment, the system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- a memory containing a program, which when executed by the one or more computer processors is configured to perform an operation comprising:
- receiving a request to generate an avatar in the virtual environment to represent a requesting entity;
- retrieving data pertaining to the requesting entity, wherein the retrieved data does not explicitly specify any visual appearance of the avatar and does not explicitly specify any name for the avatar;
- and
- generating a proposed avatar based on the retrieved data pertaining to the requesting entity, the proposed avatar having a visual appearance that is not based on any music content of the requesting entity, wherein the proposed avatar is output to the requesting entity responsive to the received request.
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