Patent ID: 11951399
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for providing footprints in a computer system that provides a virtual environment, the method comprising:
accessing an avatar record, Where the avatar record indicates an avatar representation that includes data to provide a visual representation of an avatar;
receiving a selection of a footprint,
accessing a footprint record, where the footprint record includes footprint representations that include data to provide a visual representation of the selected footprint as a footprint representation;
associating the footprint representation with the avatar representation;
receiving avatar movement input that indicates movement of the avatar within the virtual environment; and
generating visual data representing the movement of the avatar and footprints in the virtual environment using the avatar representation and the footprint representation, where the footprints are placed in the virtual environment following the avatar as the avatar moves in the virtual enviromnent,
wherein the footprints are only visible by certain types of other players.