Communication between avatars in different games

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A computer-gaming method, comprising:
communicating with a first instance of a game title associated with a first user and a second instance of the game title associated with a second user, the first user controlling a representation of the first user in the first instance and the second user controlling a representation of the second user in the second instance, where each game instance includes a same plurality of different locations, and each representation moves throughout the plurality of different locations responsive to user control; receiving a request from the first instance of the game title to leave a copy of the representation of the first user at a selected location of the plurality of different locations, the request specifying an action to be performed by the representation at a subsequent time; and responsive to the representation of the second user moving to the selected location, instructing the second instance of the game title to display the copy of the representation of the first user performing the specified action.