191 results about "Virtual goods" patented technology

A system and method for creating and viewing artificial reality (AR) messages at an event, such as a sporting event, and sharing the event on a social network thereby enhancing and expanding the participant and spectator experience. The AR messages include geo-referenced artificial reality words or symbols to indicate distances, tips, targets or other information to the participant. The event is shared with spectators, such as friends or a subset of friends in the participant's social network. In addition to creating an active gallery for an event, messages can be exchanged among participants and spectators and virtual goods, money, and donations exchanged.

A method is provided for trading virtual goods. A game environment is provided in which a first player can acquire or develop a virtual good. This virtual good has a starting value. At least one rating of the virtual good is received from a second player via the game environment. The starting value is automatically increased or decreased as a function of the at least one rating of the virtual good. The virtual good is then made available for purchase at the new value. A system for trading virtual goods is also provided.

A printed calendar, method and system for preparing the printed calendar, and system for redeeming virtual goods are provided herein. The printed calendar includes at least one form sheet having printed thereon one or more occurrences of time. The one or more occurrences of time being coupled with at least one viewing panel capable of hiding and revealing an image. The printed calendar further includes at least one back sheet having printed thereon at least one graphical representation associated with the one or more occurrences of time. The at least one graphical representation being aligned with the form sheet, such that, the graphical representation is visible through the at least one viewing panel coupled to the one or more occurrences of time. The at least one graphical representation representing a virtual good accessible to the selected recipient at one of the one or more occurrences of time.

A Virtual Collectible Distribution Network generates and distributes Virtual Collectible objects, each potentially possessing unique properties, over a computer network such as the Internet, to a group of users. The Distribution Network utilizes a client-server system. The client software can be standalone or embedded in another application, such as a web browser or game. In one scenario, the client software observes certain behaviors of the user, and communicates such behavior to the server, which process is transparent to the user. The server, based on the communications from the client, predefined algorithm, and other factors, may decide to award the user with a Virtual Collectible. In another scenario, the user may interact with other users on the Distribution Network by communicating and trading the Virtual Collectibles with one another, as well as participating in single-player or multiplayer online games that utilizes Virtual Collectibles.

A user can transfer items, such as a money, a payment request, virtual goods, listings, etc., by flicking the item on a user device, such as a smart phone. The selected item then moves out of the display and onto the display of a recipient device. The transfer can be completed when the user and recipient have an established trust relationship or authorize the transfer.

A system for transferring digital assets using smart contracts deployed on a blockchain-based cryptocurrency. Guilds associated with various types of digital assets provide smart contracts designed to execute the transfer of certain digital assets. Transfer agents facilitate and verify the transfer of the digital assets. Smart contract in the system include a guild proposal contract, a listing contract, a settlement execution contract, a request contract, and a virtual good contract.

A method and device for sending and receiving virtual goods are provided. On detecting an invocation request from a virtual goods package generation interface, a server obtains the virtual goods package generation parameters included in the invocation request. The server transfers the virtual goods corresponding to the total amount of virtual goods in the account corresponding to the invoker client to the account corresponding to the server. Upon success of virtual goods transfer, the server generates a virtual goods package and a link for receiving the virtual goods package based on the virtual goods package generation parameters. The server sends the receiving link to the recipient client so that the recipient client interacts with the server to receive the virtual goods package by using the receiving link.

The invention discloses a method and system for recommending information to players in s virtual environment. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining one or several groups of related virtual activity information based on games for the players; confirming one or several virtual communities according to the obtained virtual activity information; confirming one or several groups of virtual goods, concepts, activities, players and roles in which the payers may have potential interests according to the one or several virtual communities, and recommending to the players. The method and system for recommending information to the players in the virtual environment, provided by the invention, can be used for recommending virtual goods, concepts, activities, players and roles in which the payers may have potential interests to users.

The invention provides a virtual good distribution control method and apparatus, and a mobile terminal. The method comprises the following steps: receiving voice information from a voice input device, analyzing and extracting virtual good attribute information contained in the voice information, sending a distribution request containing the virtual good attribute information to a server, when pre-stored virtual goods in the server meet the constraint of the virtual good attribute information, distributing the virtual goods corresponding to the virtual good attribute information to the anchor of a current live room, and displaying a corresponding image of distributing the virtual goods in a user interface of the current live room. By adoption of the virtual good distribution control method and apparatus provided by the invention, virtual gifts can be distributed quickly and conveniently without being limited by the variety, quantity and even group number of the gifts, which is helpful to optimize the user experience and increase the user viscosity.

A given virtual good provided to users within a virtual environment may be expressed in a default state as a primary expression and, responsive to activation, the given virtual good may be expressed as a secondary expression. The primary expression and the secondary expressions may have some advantageous relationship. In some implementations, generic objects may be paired with branded objects such that a primary expression of a given virtual good represents a generic object and a secondary expression of the given virtual good represents a branded object.

The present invention provides a synergistic on-line game system. After the user logins the on-line game platform of the provider, the characteristics of a virtual character would be set up to begin its virtual life. Even the user logouts, such virtual would still go on continuously. Moreover, the virtual commodities in the virtual world would emulate their substantial correspondents in real world to achieve the purpose of advertisement and built-in marketing. The gift service is further provided to the user to buy certain gifts on-line to give to other anonymous users. Besides, the user could also apply the shopping platform to buy the correspondents of the virtual commodities.

A vertically integrated retail system includes an embedded storefront adapted to operate in a distributed manner through independent units embedded in different web sites or content in other host applications. Each unit of the embedded storefront enables a user to purchase goods, services, or other entities without leaving the host application. The units are modules that may be inserted into a web page, application, game, or other electronic media. Units can include product content such as video or animation, images, text, audio, music, or any other type of interactive or non-interactive electronic content. A user may receive virtual currency, virtual goods (such as virtual items or enhancements within a game application), or other rewards for completing transactions using the unit in the host application. Units may be embedded in host content via hyperlinks included in the content or through an application programming interface of a host content provider.

The invention discloses a virtual goods interaction method, device and system in a live channel. The virtual goods interaction method includes that using an audience account number in a first audience set to send a first virtual goods to service equipment in the live channel for directly telecasting media content, wherein the first audience set is associated with a first media object in the media content, and the live channel further comprises a second audience set associated with a second media object in the media content; receiving the current attribute data of a target audience set sent from the service equipment, wherein the target audience set is one of the first audience set and the second audience set, and the current attribute data is obtained through using the service equipment to correspondingly regulate the attribute data of the target audience set according to the attributes of the first virtual goods; displaying the current attribute data of the target audience set. The virtual goods interaction method, device and system in the live channel are capable of improving the audience interactivity of the live channel.

The invention relates to a virtual goods packet sending method, a receiving method, devices and a system. The virtual goods packet sending method comprises the steps that a sender client displays a virtual goods packet sending page after receiving a virtual goods packet generating instruction, acquires task information and virtual goods packet parameters inputted in the virtual goods sending page, and sends a virtual goods packet generating request to a background server; the background server generates a virtual goods packet identifier, stores a corresponding relation among the virtual goods identifier, the task information and the virtual goods packet parameters, and sends a virtual goods packet message to at least one receiver client; and the receiver client detects whether a user account corresponding to the receiver client finishes a task indicated by the task information or not, and acquires virtual goods in the virtual goods packet from the background server if the task is finished. The embodiment of the invention enriches the sending and receiving forms of the virtual goods packet, and is conducive to reducing the processing pressure at the same time of the background server.

The invention relates to a live-broadcasting platform virtual good arranging method and device. The live-broadcasting platform virtual good arranging method comprises setting the characteristic of a virtual good in dependence on the selection of an anchor account number; determining the price of the virtual good in dependence on the selection of the anchor account number; and issuing the virtual good which can be purchased by users entering the live-broadcasting platform. According to the technical scheme, the live-broadcasting anchor can set the characteristics of virtual goods and customize virtual goods such as gifts and the like in dependence on the anchor's hobbies, and determines the price himself, and issues the virtual goods to the live-broadcasting platform or the anchor's live-broadcasting room for audiences to select, during the live-broadcasting process of the anchor, and audiences can browse gifts customized by the anchor, and can purchase gifts customized by the anchor and send the gifts to the anchor or other people. According to the technical scheme, personalized customization can be provided for the anchor and audiences, interactivity and interestingness between the anchor and audiences are improved, and the user experience is improved.

Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for managing a sales pipeline, and in some embodiments, generating demand based on real time demand and predicted demand. An example method comprises generating a virtual promotion, wherein the virtual promotion comprises a combination of a category or sub-category, a location, and a price range, calculating a probability that a particular consumer would buy the virtual offer in a predetermined time period, wherein the probability is generated at least based on historical data related to the particular consumer and one or more related consumers, determining an estimated number of units to be sold for the virtual offer as a function of at least the probability, the estimated number of units representing a predicted demand, calculating a real time demand, wherein the real time demand is generated based on a plurality of generated identification pairs for the predetermined time period, and determining, using a processor, total demand by summing the predicted demand and the real time demand.

The embodiment of the invention discloses an interactive method, an interactive device and an interactive system in an electronic commerce application program and belongs to the field of mobile terminals. The interaction method comprises the steps of receiving interactive virtual goods sent to an interactive channel of an electronic commerce application program by a merchant account, wherein the interactive channel is a group set configured to realize instant messaging between the merchant account and at least one user account and the interactive channel has corresponding goods categories in the electronic commerce application program; determining the user account in the interactive channel; and sending the interactive virtual goods to the user account in the interactive channel. According to the interactive method, the interactive device and the interactive system in the electronic commerce application program, through increasing of the interactive channel which supports instant messaging, the merchant account sends the interactive virtual goods to the user account which is interested in a certain goods category through the interactive channel, the real-time interaction between the merchant account and the user account is realized, and the user account can intensively and efficiently acquire related information of the interested goods category through the interactive channel, and the communication form and communication efficiency between a user and a merchant are enriched.

A method for behavior change therapy based on contingency management, using virtual assets from interactive digital environments as incentive-rewards. The invention teaches rewarding positive behavior changes with reinforcement (or the delivery of incentive-rewards) in the form of virtual goods, virtual services, virtual currency, virtual abilities, and social reinforcement in various contexts including videogames and virtual environments.

Virtual goods, such as Facebook credits or Farmville animals, are offered as an incentive to acquire new customers or reacquire former customers. Using a simple click-through process, a customer may receive a given number of virtual credits, or a particular virtual item, upon satisfying a given requirement, such as a purchase above a given amount, a subscription to a mailing list, submission of a preference profile, and so on. Initial tests have indicated that a substantial number of customers prefer receiving such virtual items in lieu of a cash rebate or other cash-based discount, even when the actual cost associated with the virtual item is the same as, or lower than the amount of the cash-based discount. In a preferred embodiment, a third-party campaign manager facilitates the execution and management of the incentive campaign.