System and method for enabling characters to be manifested...

Details System and method for enabling characters to be manifested... System and method for enabling characters to be manifested...

2008-06-09

2011-11-29

Vo, Peter DungBa (Department: 3718)

Amusement devices: games

Including means for processing electronic data

With communication link

C463S043000, C463S030000, C715S706000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08066571

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for providing virtual spaces, where a character associated with a user can be manifested within instances of a plurality of the different virtual spaces. Since a single character can be manifested within instances of different virtual spaces, the character can be transferred by the corresponding user between instances of different virtual spaces and controlled by the user to interact with the different virtual spaces. When the user transfers the character between instances of different virtual spaces (and/or different types of virtual spaces), various aspects of the character may persist between the different virtual spaces (and/or the different types of virtual spaces). This may provide an enhanced continuity to the character between the different virtual spaces.

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