Patent ID: 9300612
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: A61B,A63F,H04L,H04M,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of evaluating actions of a first avatar in a virtual environment, comprising: assigning, by operation of one or more computer processors, an initial trust rank to the first avatar upon the first avatar creating an account on a system linked to a network that enables communication with other avatars within the virtual environment; executing a spam detection module to programmatically monitor one or more interactions between the first avatar and at least a second avatar; adjusting, by the spam detection module, the initial trust rank to a computed adjusted trust rank based on the interactions that are monitored; and disabling, by the spam detection module, the account of the first avatar when the computed adjusted trust rank reaches a specified threshold, wherein upon disabling the account of the first avatar, the first avatar is not visible to any avatars in the virtual environment.