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| 20110099476 | DECORATING A DISPLAY ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for decorating a display environment. In one embodiment, a user may decorate a display environment by making one or more gestures, using voice commands, using a suitable interface device, and/or combinations thereof. A voice command can be detected for user selection of an artistic feature, such as, for example, a color, a texture, an object, and a visual effect for decorating in a display environment. The user can also gesture for selecting a portion of the display environment for decoration. Next, the selected portion of the display environment can be altered based on the selected artistic feature. The user's motions can be reflected in the display environment by an avatar. In addition, a virtual canvas or three-dimensional object can be displayed in the display environment for decoration by the user. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20120302350 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AVATARS IN DIFFERENT GAMES - Synchronous and asynchronous communications between avatars is allowed. For synchronous communications, when multiple users are playing different games of the same game title and when the avatars of the multiple users are at the same location in their respective games they can communicate with one another, thus allowing the users of those avatars to communicate with one another. For asynchronous communications, an avatar of a particular user is left behind at a particular location in a game along with a recorded communication. When other users of other games are at that particular location, the avatar of that particular user is displayed and the recorded communication is presented to the other users. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120302351 | AVATARS OF FRIENDS AS NON-PLAYER-CHARACTERS - In accordance with one or more aspects, for a particular user one or more other users associated with that particular user are identified based on a social graph of that particular user. An avatar of at least one of the other users is obtained and included as a non-player-character in a game being played by that particular user. The particular user can provide requests to interact with the avatar of the second user (e.g., calling out the name of the second user, tapping the avatar of the second user on the shoulder, etc.), these requests being invitations for the second user to join in a game with the first user. An indication of such an invitation is presented to the second user, which can, for example, accept the invitation to join in a game with the first user. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120309534 | AUTOMATED SENSOR DRIVEN MATCH-MAKING - A method of matching a player of a multi-player game with a remote participant includes recognizing the player, automatically identifying an observer within a threshold proximity to the player, using an identity of the observer to find one or more candidates to play as the remote participant of the multi-player game, and when selecting the remote participant, choosing a candidate from the one or more candidates above a non-candidate if the candidate satisfies a matching criteria. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120309538 | PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS BASED USER IDENTIFICATION FOR MATCHMAKING - One or more physical characteristics of each of multiple users are detected. These physical characteristics of a user can include physical attributes of the user (e.g., the user's height, length of the user's legs) and/or physical skills of the user (e.g., how high the user can jump). Based on these detected one or more physical characteristics of the users, two or more of the multiple users to share an online experience (e.g., play a multi-player game) are identified. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120311031 | AUTOMATED SENSOR DRIVEN FRIENDING - A method of finding a new social network service friend for a player belonging to a social network service and having a friend group including one or more player-accepted friends includes recognizing the player, automatically identifying an observer within a threshold proximity to the player, and adding the observer to the friend group of the player in the social network service if the observer satisfies a friending criteria of the player. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120311032 | EMOTION-BASED USER IDENTIFICATION FOR ONLINE EXPERIENCES - Emotional response data of a particular user, when the particular user is interacting with each of multiple other users, is collected. Using the emotional response data, an emotion of the particular user when interacting with each of multiple other users is determined. Based on the determined emotions, one or more of the multiple other users are identified to share an online experience with the particular user. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130013093 | PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS BASED USER IDENTIFICATION FOR MATCHMAKING - One or more physical characteristics of each of multiple users are detected. These physical characteristics of a user can include physical attributes of the user (e.g., the user's height, length of the user's legs) and/or physical skills of the user (e.g., how high the user can jump). Based on these detected one or more physical characteristics of the users, two or more of the multiple users to share an online experience (e.g., play a multi-player game) are identified. | 01-10-2013 |
