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US 9,005,027 B2Granted
Distributed network architecture for introducing dynamic content into a synthetic environment
AssigneeTrion Worlds, Inc.
InventorsRobert Ernest Lee, David M. Aldridge, Bryan Joseph Farina, Jon Edward Van Caneghem
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computer-based simulations and synthetic environment generation, and more particularly, to a system, a computer-readable medium, a method and an apparatus for generating synthetic environments in a distributed architecture to, among other things, introduce dynamic content.
Claims22
A method to introduce content into synthetic environments, the method comprising:
- maintaining data representing an event in an event library database, the event associated with a plug object configured to interact with object code executing to create a synthetic environment, wherein the synthetic environment is a computer-based simulated environment of a virtual world;
- detecting a condition that triggers introduction of dynamic content into the synthetic environment;
- introducing the dynamic content into the synthetic environment during the execution of the object code, wherein the introducing of the dynamic content into the synthetic environment comprises:
- determining an off-peak usage time and a peak usage time, the off-peak usage time having a lower cost for transmitting data than the peak usage time;
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- scheduling and transmitting the dynamic content to a client during the off-peak time;
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- in the event that different dynamic content is introduced into the synthetic environment, generating a portion of the synthetic environment without revising the object code.
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A method to introduce content into synthetic environments, the method comprising:
- executing object code to generate a synthetic environment, wherein the synthetic environment is a computer-based simulated environment of a virtual world;
- monitoring times at which data from property class objects are to be inserted into socket code of the object code;
- detecting a scheduled time for one of the property class objects;
- inserting the data into the socket code to associate content with the synthetic environment, wherein the inserting of the data into the socket code comprises:
- determining whether an event has occurred, the event including a scheduled time or a condition, the condition including a number of participants at a location has surpassed a threshold;
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- in the event that the event has occurred, inserting the data into the socket code;
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- in the event that different data is inserted into the socket code, generating a portion of the synthetic environment without revising the object code.
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A system for introducing content into synthetic environments, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- maintain data representing an event in an event library database, the event associated with a plug object configured to interact with object code executing to create a synthetic environment, wherein the synthetic environment is a computer-based simulated environment of a virtual world;
- detect a condition that triggers introduction of dynamic content into the synthetic environment;
- introduce the dynamic content into the synthetic environment during the execution of the object code, wherein the introducing of the dynamic content into the synthetic environment comprises:
- determine an off-peak usage time and a peak usage time, the off-peak usage time having a lower cost for transmitting data than the peak usage time;
- and
- schedule and transmit the dynamic content to a client during the off-peak time;
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- in the event that different dynamic content is introduced into the synthetic environment, generate a portion of the synthetic environment without revising the object code;
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- a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
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A computer program product for introducing content into synthetic environments, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- maintaining data representing an event in an event library database, the event associated with a plug object configured to interact with object code executing to create a synthetic environment, wherein the synthetic environment is a computer-based simulated environment of a virtual world;
- detecting a condition that triggers introduction of dynamic content into the synthetic environment;
- introducing the dynamic content into the synthetic environment during the execution of the object code, wherein the introducing of the dynamic content into the synthetic environment comprises:
- determining an off-peak usage time and a peak usage time, the off-peak usage time having a lower cost for transmitting data than the peak usage time;
- and
- scheduling and transmitting the dynamic content to a client during the off-peak time;
- and
- in the event that different dynamic content is introduced into the synthetic environment, generating a portion of the synthetic environment without revising the object code.
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