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.
Claims12
A method for unlocking content in a virtual environment based on an aggregated trust level, the method being performed by one or more processors configured to execute computer program instructions, the method comprising:
- providing, using one or more processors, 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 including a first non-user character, the non-user characters being grouped into one or more groups of non-user characters, the one or more groups of non-user characters including a first group of non-user characters, the first group of non-user characters including the first non-user character, individual ones of the non-user characters being associated with individual ones of the plurality of activities, and interactions between the first user and the 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;
- determining, using one or more processors, trust levels between individual users and individual non-user characters, wherein the trust level between the first user and the first non-user character is determined based on one or both of a number of interactions or a duration of interactions between the first user and the first non-user character;
- determining, using one or more processors, group trust levels between individual users and individual groups of the non-user characters, wherein a group trust level between the first user and the first group of non-user characters 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;
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- unlocking, using one or more processors, 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 including a first non-user character, the non-user characters being grouped into one or more groups of non-user characters, the one or more groups of non-user characters including a first group of non-user characters, the first group of non-user characters including the first non-user character, individual ones of the non-user characters being associated with individual ones of the plurality of activities, and interactions between the first user and the 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;
- determining trust levels between individual users and individual non-user characters, wherein the trust level between the first user and the first non-user character is determined based on one or both of a number of interactions or a duration of interactions between the first user and the first non-user character;
- determining group trust levels between individual users and individual groups of the non-user characters, wherein a group trust level between the first user and the first group of non-user characters 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;
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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.