Patent ID: 6268872
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: A63F,G06N,H04L

Abstract:
A client apparatus for receiving, along with another client apparatus, information about a shared virtual space from a server, comprising:a storage means for storing a growth parameter control table for controlling a growth parameter of a virtual life object existing in said shared virtual space as an alter ego of a user, said growth parameter changing according to occurrence of a particular event;an interpreting means for interpreting and executing a script and thereby generating non-bit map graphics data for dynamically changing at least one of an appearance and a behavioral sequence of said virtual life object based on said growth parameter transmitted from said another client apparatus through said server; anda controlling means for controlling a display such that the at least one of an appearance and a behavioral sequence of said virtual life object that has been dynamically changed by the interpreting means is displayed.