Rules based system for managing user selections in customizable objects

摘要

A rules-based system which processes user selections to determine what content is actually loaded and used for a given object model in video games or other online or interactive digital environments. The disclosed rules-based system also allows for rules exceptions, which support the prioritization of the user's most recent selections over the rules.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for customizing the appearance of a digital object, the method comprising:
receiving a modification to a then current model definition for the digital object; upon determining the then current model definition satisfies at least one exclude override rule, modifying a copy of the then current model definition, as specified by the exclude override rule, without modifying the then current model definition; and generating, by operation of a processor, a display of the digital object from the modified copy of the then current model definition.