Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating a unique virtual item are disclosed. In some embodiments, an encoding specification for a unique virtual item is generated. One or more components of the encoding specification influence properties of the unique virtual item. The generating includes deriving a first set of the one or more components from a plurality of items of personalization information. One or more item characteristics for the unique virtual item are created from the encoding specification. The one or more item characteristics describe a unique feature set for the unique virtual item in terms customized for a type of a rendering client. The creating the one or more item characteristics further comprises selecting based on the one or more components the unique feature set from options offered by a rule set.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 25, 2016
Date of Patent:
January 2, 2018
Assignee:
Midnight Studios, Inc.
Inventors:
Charles Dean Normann, Kevin Gene Normann, Omar Besim Hakim
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating a unique virtual item are disclosed. In some embodiments, an encoding specification for a unique virtual item is generated. One or more components of the encoding specification influence properties of the unique virtual item. The generating includes deriving a first set of the one or more components from a plurality of items of personalization information. One or more item characteristics for the unique virtual item are created from the encoding specification. The one or more item characteristics describe a unique feature set for the unique virtual item in terms customized for a type of a rendering client. The creating the one or more item characteristics further comprises selecting based on the one or more components the unique feature set from options offered by a rule set.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 25, 2016
Publication date:
June 23, 2016
Applicant:
Midnight Studios, Inc.
Inventors:
Charles Dean Normann, Kevin Gene Normann, Omar Besim Hakim
Abstract: Methods and apparatus for generating a unique virtual item are disclosed. In some embodiments, an encoding specification for a unique virtual item is generated. One or more components of the encoding specification influence properties of the unique virtual item. The generating includes deriving a first set of the one or more components from a plurality of items of personalization information. One or more item characteristics for the unique virtual item are created from the encoding specification. The one or more item characteristics describe a unique feature set for the unique virtual item in terms customized for a type of a rendering client. The creating the one or more item characteristics further comprises selecting based on the one or more components the unique feature set from options offered by a rule set.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 6, 2011
Date of Patent:
September 23, 2014
Assignee:
Midnight Studios, Inc.
Inventors:
Charles Dean Normann, Kevin Gene Normann, Omar Besim Hakim