Avatar Management System Across Software Applications

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users lack a convenient method to manage and view their digital avatars across different software applications, such as social media, virtual meeting, and gaming platforms.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for receiving requests to present avatars on a user interface, accessing credentials to retrieve avatars from associated application servers, and providing them to a communication device for management, allowing users to view, change, and monitor the status of avatars across multiple software applications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users generate avatars for each software application separately, then each application can have customized avatar representations, but users cannot conveniently view and manage all avatars across different applications

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveAvatar management convenienceVSAvoidAvatar management system

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The avatar management system serves multiple applications simultaneously, providing a universal interface for managing avatars across different software platforms. The system aggregates avatar information from various applications into a single manageable structure, allowing users to control their digital representations without needing to navigate each application separately.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary layer between users and individual application servers. This intermediary aggregates and manages avatar data from multiple applications, shielding users from the complexity of direct application-specific management while maintaining the ability to customize avatars for each application.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If users need to access avatars from multiple application servers, then comprehensive avatar access is achieved, but authentication complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImproveAvatar access scopeVSAvoidAuthentication process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges authentication processes by consolidating multiple application-specific authentication mechanisms into a unified credential verification system. By combining authentication requests and managing credentials centrally, the system reduces the complexity of accessing avatars across multiple applications while maintaining comprehensive access capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS20240427480A1Methods, systems, and devices for managing avatars across different software applications

Publication Date: 2024.12.26 AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I L P

AI summary

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a first request from a communication device associated with a user to present a group of avatars on a user interface of an avatar management software application on the communication device. Each of the group of avatars are associated with a software application resulting in a group of software applications. Further embodiments include receiving a group of credentials associated with the group of software applications to access the group of avatars from the communication device, obtaining each of the group of avatars from an associated application server of a group of application servers utilizing credentials from the group of credentials, and providing the group of avatars to the communication device. The communication device presents the group of avatars on the user interface of the avatar management software application. Other embodiments are disclosed.