US 2026/0295440 A1Published application

Systems and methods for providing modified virtual enviornments

AssigneeElectronic Arts Inc.

InventorsDanillo Abreu, Michael David Jones, Breno Leao, Sorin-Mihail Georgescu, Viet Hoang, Evan Williams

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Abstract

An application (e.g., corresponding to a video game) may generate a virtual game environment including various virtual character models (e.g., a player virtual character model and an opponent virtual character model, also referred to herein as a “player model” and an “opponent model”). The application can generate a virtual environment that includes a field sized according to a count of player models. The application can determine a state of the virtual environment based on a user input. Using the state, the application can identify an assignment for each player model to direct the player models to a portion of the playable field. The application can modify the assignment of each player model based on subsequent inputs by the user.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a data store comprising application data;
and
a processing circuit comprising one or more processors configured to execute an application, based at least in part on the application data, the one or more processors configured to:
generate a virtual environment having a field sized according to a count of a plurality of virtual character models which are configured for control within the field;
determine a first state of the virtual environment based on at least one of a first user input, a location of each virtual character model with the field, or the location of a target object proximal to each virtual character model within the field;
identify an assignment for each virtual character model according to the first state of the virtual environment, the assignment indicating a portion of the field for each virtual character model;
receive a second user input for movement of at least one virtual character model to the portion of the field within the virtual environment;
and
responsive to modifying the first state of the virtual environment to a second state, update the assignment of each virtual character model based on the movement of the at least one virtual character model of the plurality of virtual character models.

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A method, comprising:

generating, by one or more processors, a virtual environment having a field sized according to a count of a plurality of virtual character models which are configured for control within the field;
determining, by the one or more processors, a first state of the virtual environment based on at least one of a user input, a location of each virtual character model with the field, the location of a target object proximal to each virtual character model within the field;
identifying, by the one or more processors, an assignment for each virtual character model according to the first state of the virtual environment, the assignment indicating a portion of the field for each virtual character model;
receiving, by the one or more processors, a second user input for movement of at least one virtual character model to the portion of the field within the virtual environment;
and
responsive to modifying the first state of the virtual environment to a second state, updating, by the one or more processors, the assignment of each virtual character model based on the movement of the at least one virtual character model of the plurality of virtual character models.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.