Cross-Platform Avatar Banking and Redemption
AssigneeWormhole Labs, Inc.
InventorsCurtis Hutten, Robert D. Fish, Brian J. Kim
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Abstract
In a method modifying a user's virtual environment, a banking module retrieves and analyzes context data associated with the user. The banking module applies user and location parameters to determine whether at least one of an avatar modification and an environment modification is available for rendering. Responsive to determining that the avatar selection is not available for rendering, determining whether the avatar is accessible to the user. Responsive to determining that avatar is not accessible to the user, presenting the avatar selection for redemption.
Claims6
A method of using one or more computer processors to manage economic transactions associated with avatars across multiple proprietary augmented reality platforms, comprising:
- retrieving available avatars;
- presenting the available avatars to a user;
- receiving an avatar selection from the user;
- and
- determining whether the avatar selection is available for rendering, wherein at least one of the availability of the avatar selection and permission to render the avatar are at least partially dependent on one or more permissions associated with the user based on user characteristics, ad wherein the user characterisitics include a user age;
- and
- responsive to determining that the avatar selection is not available for rendering, determining whether the avatar selection is accessible to the user;
- and
- responsive to determining that the avatar selection is not accessible to the user, presenting the avatar selection for redemption.
A method of using one or more computer processors to manage banking and banking transactions associated with avatar accessories across multiple proprietary augmented reality platforms, comprising:
- retrieving available avatar accessories;
- presenting the available avatar accessories to a user;
- receiving an avatar accessory selection from the user;
- determining whether the avatar accessory selection is available for rendering;
- and
- responsive to determining that the avatar accessory selection is not available for rendering, presenting the avatar accessory selection for redemption.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.