Patent ID: 8843585
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: A63F,G06F,G06Q,G06T,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising, generating, in response to an indication of a request from a creation-requesting party, a unique encoding specification for a unique virtual item, wherein creating from the unique encoding specification one or more item characteristics for the unique virtual item, wherein sending the one or more item characteristics to the rendering client for rendering of the unique virtual item; subsequent to said sending, displaying a prompt to send an image of the unique virtual item to an intended recipient of the unique virtual item; and based on receiving an indication to send the image, denying access to the unique virtual item by the creation-requesting party, wherein access is denied to the creation-requesting party until the image has been displayed for the recipient, wherein the deriving comprises: