| 发明名称 | Identity verification in virtual worlds using encoded data | ||
| 摘要 | An avatar in a virtual world is provided with credentials for access to various parts of the virtual world by embedding information derived from avatar identification and authorized credential information in the form of a graphic image associated with the avatar. The embedded information is preferably encrypted. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9032509(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2015.05.12 |
| 申请号 | US201313950487 | 申请日期 | 2013.07.25 |
| 申请人 | International Business Machines Corporation | 发明人 | Hamilton, II Rick A.;Newhook Richard J.;Ramsey M. Shafer;Seaman James W. |
| 分类号 | G06F21/31;G06F21/33;G09C5/00;H04L9/32 | 主分类号 | G06F21/31 |
| 代理机构 | Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. | 代理人 | Ulrich, Esq. Lisa;Radigan, Esq. Kevin P.;Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. |
| 主权项 | 1. A method comprising: determining, for a graphic image associated with an avatar in a virtual universe, the graphic image comprising a plurality of pixels forming a pixel bitmap for visually rendering on a graphical display, that the graphic image has embedded therewithin a digital representation of credentials of the avatar to access secure information in said virtual universe, wherein the plurality of pixels of the pixel bitmap have embedded therein at least a portion of the digital representation of the credentials, said determining comprising: analyzing the graphic image associated with said avatar so as to identify and extract therefrom the embedded digital representation of said credentials. | ||
| 地址 | Armonk NY US | ||