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Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2017
Applicant:

Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gakuto Kurata, Yamato, JP;

Tohru Nagano, Yokohama, JP;

Michiaki Tatsubori, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G10L 17/00 (2013.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/167 (2013.01); A63F 13/30 (2014.09); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G10L 17/005 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); H04N 7/157 (2013.01);
Abstract

A dialog server which provides dialogs made by at least one user through their respective avatars in a virtual space. A method and a computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions for executing the steps of the method are also provided. The dialog server includes: a position storage unit which stores positional information on the avatars; an utterance receiver which receives at least one utterance of avatars and utterance strength representing an importance or attention level of the utterance; an interest level calculator which calculates interest levels between avatars based on their positional information; a message processor which generates a message based on the utterance in accordance with a value calculated from the interest levels and the utterance strength; and a message transmitter which transmits the message to the avatars.


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