Abstract: A system in which attributes are transferred between generations of characters in an interactive software experience is described. In an embodiment, data identifying one or more hardware attributes for a virtual entity are determined based on a physical user device associated with that virtual entity. One or more virtual attributes for the virtual entity are accessed and one or more behaviors of the virtual entity within the interactive software experience are modified based on a combination of the hardware and virtual attributes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 28, 2017
Date of Patent:
December 10, 2019
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation
Inventors:
James William Scott, Haiyan Zhang, Nicolas Villar, Alexandra Keeley Bunting, Jonathan Leslie Venables, Simon Jay Carter
Inventors:
Nicolas A. Denhez, Young Duk Song, YeongKyu Yoo, Paul A. Bosveld, Carl J. Ledbetter, Yuenkeen Cheong, Michael Bohan, Lynda Horton-Jones, Roy Riccomini, Jason Paul Williams, Andriy Pletenetskyy, Joel B. Jacobs
Inventors:
Nicolas A. Denhez, Young Duk Song, YeongKyu Yoo, Paul A. Bosveld, Carl J. Ledbetter, Yuenkeen Cheong, Michael Bohan, Lynda Horton-Jones, Roy Riccomini, Jason Paul Williams, Andriy Pletenetskyy, Joel B. Jacobs
Inventors:
Nicolas A. Denhez, Young Duk Song, YeongKyu Yoo, Paul A. Bosveld, Carl J. Ledbetter, Yuenkeen Cheong, Michael Bohan, Lynda Horton-Jones, Roy Riccomini, Jason Paul Williams, Andriy Pletenetskyy, Joel B. Jacobs
Inventors:
Nicolas A. Denhez, Young Duk Song, YeongKyu Yoo, Paul A. Bosveld, Carl J. Ledbetter, Yuenkeen Cheong, Michael Bohan, Lynda Horton-Jones, Roy Riccomini, Jason Paul Williams, Andriy Pletenetskyy, Joel B. Jacobs
Inventors:
Nicolas A. Denhez, Young Duk Song, YeongKyu Yoo, Paul A. Bosveld, Carl J. Ledbetter, Yuenkeen Cheong, Michael Bohan, Lynda Horton-Jones, Roy Riccomini, Jason Paul Williams, Andriy Pletenetskyy, Joel B. Jacobs
Inventors:
Daniel Dhondt, Tsitsi Kolawole, Jari Heiskanen, Erika Kelter, Neil O'Connell, Eric P. Witt, Jason Lin, Michael Bohan, Yuenkeen Cheong, Hundraj S. Gopal