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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2008
Andrew Rapo, Studio City, CA (US);
Christopher Thomes, Encino, CA (US);
Allan Jones, Valencia, CA (US);
Steven Parkis, Valencia, CA (US);
Paul Yanover, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Andrew Rapo, Studio City, CA (US);
Christopher Thomes, Encino, CA (US);
Allan Jones, Valencia, CA (US);
Steven Parkis, Valencia, CA (US);
Paul Yanover, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a method of protecting a virtual community visitor from unauthorized social interaction comprising receiving a request from the virtual community visitor seeking access to a virtual community content, determining whether the virtual community content includes at least one social interaction opportunity, prompting the virtual community visitor to provide a visitor identity if the virtual community content includes at least one social interaction opportunity, associating the visitor identity with a socialization level, and utilizing the socialization level in one or more permission database to regulate social interaction. In one embodiment, a system for protecting a virtual community visitor from unauthorized social interaction comprises a virtual community content server, and a processor configured to execute instructions included in a social interaction control software to associate a socialization level with the virtual community visitor and utilize the socialization level in one or more permission database.