Patent ID: 8972369
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system configured to provide a common virtual item repository in a virtual space, the system comprising: one or more processors configured to execute computer program instructions, the computer program instructions comprising: a space component configured to implement the virtual space to determine views of the virtual space; and a virtual item repository component configured to present a virtual item repository within the virtual space such that the virtual item repository is visually represented as an object at a location within the virtual space, the virtual item repository being depicted as holding a plurality of virtual items, the virtual item repository being configured to provide access by a plurality of characters to individual ones of the plurality of virtual items depicted as being held by the virtual item repository such that a given virtual item is accessed by one single character at a given time, the plurality of characters including a first character and a second character depicted within the virtual space, the plurality of virtual items including a first virtual item associated with the first character and a second virtual item associated with the second character, the first virtual item being accessible to the second character via the virtual item repository only after the first character has relinquished the first virtual item, and the second virtual item being accessible to the first character via the virtual item repository only after the second character has relinquished the second virtual item; wherein the first virtual item is associated with the first character based on a first theme shared by the first virtual item and the first character, the second virtual item is associated with the second character based on a second theme shared by the second virtual item and the second character, and the first theme is different than the second theme.