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Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 05, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Josiah Eatedali, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Rob Schonfeld, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/825 (2014.01); A63F 13/655 (2014.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/825 (2014.09); A63F 13/655 (2014.09); G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5553 (2013.01);
Abstract

Information may be provided to smartphones to allow users to display video game characters of other individuals in a social or other setting, outside of and/or independent of game play of the video game. The smartphones may read information, for example of a badge or a face, and use the information to obtain information of a visual representation of a virtual game character of another person. The information of the game character may also be used for displays in a virtual reality game, results of which may be used to update game character status in a video game.


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