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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2015
Applicant:

Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);

Inventors:

Cyrus Hoomani, North Hollywood, CA (US);

John Crocker, Valencia, CA (US);

Assignee:

Disney Enterprise, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/30 (2014.01); A63F 13/31 (2014.01); A63F 13/40 (2014.01); A63F 13/87 (2014.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); A63F 13/847 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/87 (2014.09); A63F 13/10 (2013.01); A63F 13/12 (2013.01); A63F 13/31 (2014.09); A63F 13/847 (2014.09); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5533 (2013.01);
Abstract

System, method, and computer program product to perform an operation comprising defining a plurality of associations between each of a plurality of triggers and a respective event, of a plurality of events, monitoring a communication in a virtual environment between a first user represented by a first avatar and a second user represented by a second avatar, the communication having an explicit meaning to the first and second users, determining that the communication has a predefined meaning between the first user and the second user, determining that the communication is defined as a first trigger, of the plurality of triggers, based on the communication having the predefined meaning, identifying a first association, of the plurality of associations, between the first trigger and a first event, of the plurality of events, and triggering the first event in the virtual environment based on the first association.


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