Method and system for rating exchangeable gestures via communications in virtual world applications
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsUlysses L. Cannon, Ruthie D. Lyle
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Abstract
A method, system and computer-readable medium are disclosed for rating exchangeable gestures in a virtual world application. The method includes making a gesture owned by a first user of the virtual world application available to a second user of the virtual world application; in response to the second user providing a rating of the gesture, storing the rating in a repository of the first user, determining a rating metric of the gesture using at least the rating received from the second user, and communicating the rating metric to a third user of the virtual world application.
Claims19
A computer-implemented method in a data processing system for rating exchangeable gestures in a virtual world application, said computer-implemented method comprising:
- making a gesture owned by a first user of said virtual world application available to a second user of said virtual world application, wherein execution of the gesture triggers a specific type of animation of an avatar on a display;
- in response to the avatar performing the specific type of animation, populating the display with a rating window, wherein the rating window prompts the second user to select and transmit a rating for the gesture;
- responsive to said second user providing the rating of said gesture:
- storing said rating in a repository of said first user;
- determining a rating metric of said gesture using said rating received from said second user;
- and
- communicating said rating metric to a third user of said virtual world application;
- and
- in response to the third user selecting the gesture, transmitting the gesture to the third user, wherein the third user selects the gesture based on the rating metric;
- identifying a keyword that is typed into the virtual world application, wherein identification of the keyword causes the avatar on the display to perform the specific type of animation;
- and
- populating the rating window with the keyword in order to identify the gesture that is being rated.
A data processing system for rating exchangeable gestures in a virtual world application comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory coupled to said processor;
- a virtual world application populating said memory, wherein said virtual world application comprises computer-executable instructions for:
- making a gesture owned by a first user of said virtual world application available to a second user of said virtual world application, wherein execution of the gesture triggers a specific type of animation of an avatar on a display;
- in response to the avatar performing the specific type of animation, populating the display with a rating window, wherein the rating window prompts the second user to select and transmit a rating for the gesture;
- responsive to said second user providing a rating of said gesture:
- storing said rating in a repository of said first user;
- determining a rating metric of said gesture using said rating received from said second user;
- and
- communicating said rating metric to a third user of said virtual world application;
- identifying a keyword that is typed into the virtual world application, wherein identification of the keyword causes the avatar on the display to perform the specific type of animation;
- and
- populating the rating window with the keyword in order to identify the gesture that is being rated.
A tangible computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions for:
- making a gesture owned by a first user of said virtual world application available to a second user of said virtual world application, wherein execution of the gesture triggers a specific type of animation of an avatar on a display;
- in response to the avatar performing the specific type of animation, populating the display with a rating window, wherein the rating window prompts the second user to select and transmit a rating for the gesture;
- responsive to said second user providing a rating of said gesture:
- storing said rating in a repository of said first user;
- determining a rating metric of said gesture using said rating received from said second user;
- and
- communicating said rating metric to a third user of said virtual world application;
- identifying a keyword that is typed into the virtual world application, wherein identification of the keyword causes the avatar on the display to perform the specific type of animation;
- and
- populating the rating window with the keyword in order to identify the gesture that is being rated.
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