Method and System Modeling Social Identity In Digital Media With Dynamic Group Membership
AssigneeMassachusetts Institute of Technology
InventorDouglas Alan Harrell, JR.
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Abstract
A digital media system models social categories of a virtual identity. The system, defines a plurality of modeling categories according to the virtual identity and models a degree of a membership in a category for a member of the category. Each category has a feature shared in varying degrees by one or more members of the category. The system simulates changes to the membership and determines a naturalization trajectory having a change of the degree of membership in a category over time of the virtual identity. The degree of membership includes a gradient value in a category feature and an interface configured to represent a category membership that dynamically changes as category membership changes.
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A digital media system for modeling social categories of a virtual identity, comprising:
- an engine comprising a processor and a memory configured to execute the non-transitory steps of:
- defining a plurality of modeling categories according to the virtual identity;
- modeling a degree of a membership in a category for a member of the category, wherein each category comprises a feature shared in varying degrees by one or more members of the category;
- and
- simulating changes to the membership;
- and
- determining a naturalization trajectory comprising a change of the degree of membership in a category over time of the virtual identity,
- wherein the degree of membership comprises a gradient value in a category feature, and an interface configured to represent a category membership that dynamically changes as category membership changes.
A digital media system for simulating a narrative structure involving modeled social categories of a virtual identity, comprising:
- an engine comprising a processor and a memory configured to execute the non-transitory steps of:
- establishing a baseline for a narrative comprising a storyworld and a sub-story associated with a first virtual identity set in the storyworld;
- defining a plurality of identity categories according to identity characteristics of the first virtual identity;
- modeling a degree of a membership in a category for the first virtual identity, wherein each category comprises a plurality of features;
- determining the reaction of a second virtual identity to an action of the first virtual identity based at least in part on the degree of the membership in the category;
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- selecting a narrative branch and/or event of a plurality of branches and/or events within the narrative is selected as a result of the second virtual identity reaction.
A method for modeling a virtual identity in a digital media system comprising a processor and a memory storing non-transitory instructions for execution by the processor, comprising the steps of:
- defining a plurality of categories according to identity characteristics of a virtual identity;
- modeling a degree of a membership in a category for members of the category, wherein each category comprises a feature shared in varying degrees by one or more members of the category that impact interactions with other virtual identities;
- simulating changes to the membership;
- and
- determining a naturalization trajectory comprising a change of the degree of membership in a category over time of the virtual identity,
- wherein the degree of membership comprises a gradient value in a category feature over time, and simulating changes to the membership further comprises representing via a graphical interface a category membership that dynamically changes as category membership changes.
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