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Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2013
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Cyrus Hoomani, North Hollywood, CA (US);

John Crocker, Valencia, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

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

System, method, and computer program product to trigger events in a virtual environment, by monitoring a communication in the virtual environment between at least 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 whether the communication is predefined as a trigger associated with a corresponding event based on the communication having a secondary meaning not discernible from the explicit meaning, and upon determining that the communication is predefined as the trigger, triggering the corresponding event in the virtual environment.


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