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US 12,508,513 · App. 18/441,608 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Single user multiple presence in multi-user game

Inventor: Gary S. Shuster (Vancouver, CA)
Assignee: Utherverse Gaming LLC
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Patent No.
US 12,508,513
App. No.
18/441,608
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for providing a single user multiple presence implementation may include providing access for a user identified by a user account to a virtual environment hosted by a computer. The method may further include generating multiple avatars for the user account to concurrently coexist and be operative within the virtual environment. The method may further include controlling the multiple avatars at least partly in response to input from the user. The method may further include communicating virtual environment data regarding more than one of the multiple avatars to at least one client operated by the user. An apparatus for performing the method may include a processor coupled to a memory holding encoded instructions for performing operations of the method on a computer configured as a network entity.

Claims (52)

1 . An apparatus, comprising:

control circuitry; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the control circuitry, cause the apparatus to:

manage a virtual reality environment;

receive a first input from a first user;

generate a plurality of first avatars within the virtual reality environment, wherein each avatar of the plurality of first avatars correspond to the first user;

concurrently control the plurality of first avatars based, at least in part, on the first input from the first user;

receive a plurality of additional inputs from a plurality of additional users;

generate a plurality of additional avatars based, at least in part, on the plurality of additional inputs from the plurality of additional users, wherein each additional avatar of the plurality of additional avatars are controlled by a respective one of the plurality of additional users;

communicate, via a network interface, virtual environment data regarding interactions between the plurality of first avatars and the plurality of additional avatars from the at least one memory to at least one client operated by at least one additional user of the plurality of additional users, wherein the apparatus is caused to communicate data for a first avatar of the plurality of first avatars to a different client device than for a second avatar of the plurality of first avatars; and

configure the virtual environment data to cause at least one avatar of the plurality of first avatars to move according to the first input.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is a server.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

receive a second input from the first user; and

configuring the virtual environment data to cause the at least one avatar of the plurality of first avatars to move according to the second input.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to switch from user control to automated control of the at least one avatar of the plurality of first avatars based, at least in part, on a condition.

5 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to resume the user control of the at least one avatar of the plurality of first avatars in response, in part, to a cessation of the condition.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to transmit an alert to the first user in response to the control of at least one avatar of the plurality of first avatars switching from automatic control to user control.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is further caused, when concurrently controlling the plurality of first avatars, to selectively control less than all of the plurality of first avatars at any one time, in response to a selection from the first user.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to provide a multicast control input to more than one avatar of the plurality of first avatars.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is further caused, when communicating virtual environment data, to communicate data for the first avatar of the plurality of first avatars using a different communication modality than data for the second avatar of the plurality of first avatars.

10 . A method comprising:

managing, by one or more servers, a virtual reality environment;

receiving, by the one or more servers, a first input from a first user;

generating, by the one or more servers, a plurality of first avatars within the virtual reality environment, wherein each avatar of the plurality of first avatars correspond to the first user;

concurrently controlling the plurality of first avatars based, at least in part, on the first input from the first user;

receiving, by the one or more servers, a plurality of additional inputs from a plurality of additional users;

generating, by the one or more servers, a plurality of additional avatars based, at least in part, on the plurality of additional inputs from the plurality of additional users, wherein each additional avatar of the plurality of additional avatars are controlled by a respective one of the plurality of additional users;

communicating, via a network interface, virtual environment data regarding interactions between the plurality of first avatars and the plurality of additional avatars from the at least one memory to at least one client operated by at least one additional user of the plurality of additional users, wherein data for a first avatar of the plurality of first avatars is communicated to a different client than data for a second avatar of the plurality of first avatars; and

configuring the virtual environment data to cause at least one avatar of the plurality of first avatars to move according to the first input.

11 . The method claim 10 , further comprising:

receive, by the one or more servers, a second input from the first user; and

configuring the virtual environment data to cause the at least one avatar of the plurality of first avatars to move according to the second input.

12 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising switching from user control to automated control of the at least one avatar of the plurality of first avatars based, at least in part, on a condition.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising resuming the user control of the at least one avatar of the plurality of first avatars in response, in part, to a cessation of the condition.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising transmitting an alert to the first user in response to the control of at least one avatar of the plurality of first avatars switching from automatic control to user control.

15 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising controlling less than all of the plurality of first avatars at any one time, in response to a selection from the first user.

16 . A method comprising:

managing, by one or more servers, a virtual reality environment;

receiving, by the one or more servers, a first input from a first user;

generating, by the one or more servers, a plurality of first avatars within the virtual reality environment, wherein each avatar of the plurality of first avatars correspond to the first user;

concurrently controlling the plurality of first avatars based, at least in part, on the first input from the first user;

receiving, by the one or more servers, a plurality of additional inputs from a plurality of additional users;

generating, by the one or more servers, a plurality of additional avatars based, at least in part, on the plurality of additional inputs from the plurality of additional users, wherein each additional avatar of the plurality of additional avatars are controlled by a respective one of the plurality of additional users;

communicating, via a network interface, virtual environment data regarding interactions between the plurality of first avatars and the plurality of additional avatars from the at least one memory to at least one client operated by at least one additional user of the plurality of additional users, wherein data for a first avatar of the plurality of first avatars is communicated using a different communication modality than data for a second avatar of the plurality of first avatars; and

configuring the virtual environment data to cause at least one avatar of the plurality of first avatars to move according to the first input.

17 . The method claim 16 , further comprising:

receive, by the one or more servers, a second input from the first user; and

configuring the virtual environment data to cause the at least one avatar of the plurality of first avatars to move according to the second input.

18 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising switching from user control to automated control of the at least one avatar of the plurality of first avatars based, at least in part, on a condition.

19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising resuming the user control of the at least one avatar of the plurality of first avatars in response, in part, to a cessation of the condition.

20 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising transmitting an alert to the first user in response to the control of at least one avatar of the plurality of first avatars switching from automatic control to user control.

Continuity (6)
Continuation 17515003 · Oct 29, 2021
Continuation 16669396 · Oct 30, 2019
Continuation 14946519 · Nov 19, 2015
Continuation 13291972 · Nov 8, 2011
Provisional Application 61411143 · Nov 8, 2010
Related Publication 20240399257A1 · Dec 5, 2024
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