System and method for representation of avatars via personal and group perception, and conditional manifestation of attributes
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJosef Scherpa, John Morgan Lance
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Abstract
An avatar having one or more features is defined, wherein the one or more features correspond to one or more attributes of a user. One or more user inputs associated with the one or more attributes of the user are received. The one or more features of the avatar are modified based, at least in part, upon the one or more user inputs associated with the one or more attributes of the user. The avatar is displayed, wherein the displayed avatar reflects the modifications to the one or more modified features of the avatar.
Claims18
A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- defining one or more physical features of an avatar related to a physical appearance of the avatar, wherein the one or more physical features related to the physical appearance of the avatar correspond to one or more personality attributes of a user;
- receiving one or more user inputs associated with the one or more personality attributes of the user, including receiving a first set of the one or more user inputs from a first set of users and receiving a second set of the one or more user inputs from a second set of users, wherein receiving the first set of the one or more user inputs from the first set of users and receiving the second set of the one or more user inputs from the second set of users includes perceptions of the first set of users and second set of users of how accurately the avatar represents the user;
- modifying the one or more physical features of the avatar based, at least in part, upon the one or more user inputs associated with the one or more personality attributes of the user;
- displaying the avatar, wherein the displayed avatar reflects the modifications to the one or more modified physical features of the avatar;
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- automatically providing different versions of the avatar to different sets of users based, at least in part, upon the received one or more user inputs associated with the one or more personality attributes of the user, wherein a first version of the avatar is provided based upon, at least in part, the one or more user inputs received from the first set of users and a second version of the avatar is provided based upon, at least in part, the one or more user inputs received from the second set of users.
A computing system comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory module coupled with the processor;
- a first software module executable by the processor and the memory module, wherein the first software module is configured to define one or more physical features of an avatar related to a physical appearance of the avatar, wherein the one or more physical features related to the physical appearance of the avatar correspond to one or more personality attributes of a user;
- a second software module executable by the processor and the memory module, wherein the second software module is configured to receive one or more user inputs associated with the one or more personality attributes of the user, including receiving a first set of the one or more user inputs from a first set of users and receiving a second set of the one or more user inputs from a second set of users, wherein receiving the first set of the one or more user inputs from the first set of users and receiving the second set of the one or more user inputs from the second set of users includes perceptions of the first set of users and second set of users of how accurately the avatar represents the user;
- a third software module executable by the processor and the memory module, wherein the third software module is configured to modify the one or more physical features of the avatar based, at least in part, upon the one or more user inputs associated with the one or more personality attributes of the user;
- a fourth software module executable by the processor and the memory module, wherein the fourth software module is configured to display the avatar, wherein the displayed avatar reflects the modifications to the one or more modified physical features of the avatar;
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- a fifth software module executable by the processor and the memory module, wherein the fifth software module is configured to automatically provide different versions of the avatar to different sets of users based, at least in part, upon the received one or more user inputs associated with the one or more personality attributes of the user, wherein a first version of the avatar is provided based upon, at least in part, the one or more user inputs received from the first set of users and a second version of the avatar is provided based upon, at least in part, the one or more user inputs received from the second set of users.
A computer implemented method comprising:
- defining, via, at least in part, a computing device, one or more physical features of an avatar related to a physical appearance of the avatar, wherein the one or more physical features related to the physical appearance of the avatar correspond to one or more personality attributes of a user;
- receiving, via, at least in part, the computing device, one or more user inputs associated with the one or more personality attributes of the user, including receiving a first set of the one or more user inputs from a first set of users and receiving a second set of the one or more user inputs from a second set of users, wherein receiving the first set of the one or more user inputs from the first set of users and receiving the second set of the one or more user inputs from the second set of users includes perceptions of the first set of users and second set of users of how accurately the avatar represents the user;
- modifying, via, at least in part, the computing device, the one or more physical features based, at least in part, upon the one or more user inputs associated with the one or more personality attributes of the user;
- displaying, via, at least in part, the computing device, the avatar, wherein the displayed avatar reflects the modifications to the one or more modified physical features of the avatar;
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- automatically providing, via, at least in part, the computing device, different versions of the avatar to different sets of users based, at least in part, upon the received one or more user inputs associated with the one or more personality attributes of the user, wherein a first version of the avatar is provided based upon, at least in part, the one or more user inputs received from the first set of users and a second version of the avatar is provided based upon, at least in part, the one or more user inputs received from the second set of users.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.