Patent ID: 11941540
Assignee: PURE IMAGINATION HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A computer-implemented method for instantiating configurable electronic characters on electronic channels, wherein each electronic character is programmable by one or more of multiple character customizations that specify custom behaviors or content of the configurable electronic characters upon instantiation, the method comprising:
generating a customization interface comprising a selectable listing of the multiple configurable electronic characters and a plurality of customization options for customizing the multiple configurable electronic characters;
receiving multiple electronic request messages from respective entities including:
a first electronic request message from a first entity representing a first request to instantiate a first character customized by the first entity according to one or more first character customizations, and
a second electronic request message from a second entity representing a second request to instantiate the first character or a second character customized by the second entity according to one or more second character customizations;
select one of the first and second requests as a winning request;
obtaining one or more character customizations associated with the winning request; and
transmitting, to a user device associated with the winning request, information that causes the first or second electronic character to be instantiated via the user device and causes the first or second electronic character to exhibit the behaviors or content specified by the one or more character customizations associated with the winning request.