Patent ID: 9595294
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. A system for inserting an avatar, the system implemented at least in part on one or more computing devices, the system comprising: a remote computing device including one or more processor circuits; a memory unit that stores a plurality of multi-directional pictures, wherein each multi-directional picture is associated with a location of a represented object and includes one or more pictures from the location and one or more links to other one or more multi-directional pictures, and wherein the multi-directional pictures are interlinked corresponding to a shape of the represented object to enable portrayal of the represented object of any shape, the memory unit coupled to the one or more processor circuits; a first user's computing device coupled to the remote computing device via a network and including a display and an input device configured to receive a selection of a first multi-directional picture; a second user's computing device coupled to the remote computing device via the network and including a display and an input device configured to receive a selection of a second multi-directional picture, wherein the one or more processor circuits are configured to: associate a first user's avatar with the first multi-directional picture, the first user's avatar including an avatar that represents the first user, insert at least one portion of a proportionally resized picture of the first user's avatar into a picture of the second multi-directional picture, the picture of the second multi-directional picture portraying a line of sight from the first multi-directional picture, and cause the display of the second user's computing device to display the picture of the second multi-directional picture including the inserted at least one portion of the proportionally resized picture of the first user's avatar.