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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2009
Allan Jones, Valencia, CA (US);
Steve Parkis, Valencia, CA (US);
Allan Jones, Valencia, CA (US);
Steve Parkis, Valencia, CA (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a system and method for inducing a reply from a first client connected to a virtual world to facilitate a social interaction using a second client connected to the virtual world. There is provided a method for inducing a reply from a first client connected to a virtual world to facilitate a social interaction using a second client connected to the virtual world, the method comprising locating, in the virtual world, an avatar of the second client in a proximity of an avatar of the first client, executing a social action using the avatar of the second client such that the social action is observable by the first client but not observable by the second client, receiving the reply from the first client in response to the social action, and rendering the reply from first client using the avatar of the first client.