Patent ID: 9313045
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing an avatar, the method comprising: providing, using an avatar providing server, the avatar to a user connected to a network through a user terminal in response to a request by the user; storing information associated with the avatar provided to the user; receiving, at a service providing server, the information associated with the avatar provided by the avatar providing server to the user, the information associated with the avatar comprising information on a plurality of exposed units configuring the avatar; determining, using the service providing server, a location of the user in the network; selecting, using the service providing server, information on exposed units of the avatar of the user depending on the user's location in the network; transmitting files for a first exposed unit and a second exposed unit if the determining determines a first location and transmitting a file for the first exposed unit, without transmitting a file for the second exposed unit, if the determining determines a second location; generating, using the service providing server, a service page on which the avatar having an exposed unit is displayed based on the transmitted file or files; and transmitting the service page to the user terminal, wherein the location of the user is a page displaying the avatar with an identity (ID) code of the user, wherein the user's access to the first location requires authentication via a first authenticator and the user's access to the second location requires authentication via a second authenticator, wherein the first exposed unit corresponds to a head of the avatar and the second exposed unit corresponds to parts of the avatar other than the head, and wherein transmitting the service page comprises: