Patent ID: 8719730
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: A computer, providing output information in a form to be displayed on a display screen, said output information including virtual world information indicative of a virtual world with which a user can interact, and also including a radial menu for interacting with at least one virtual character in said virtual world, said computer accepting input of an element of said virtual world, said element being a selected element of said virtual world that is selected separately from other elements of said virtual world, and said radial menu having a circular portion that shows a non-static image of said selected element in a center part of the circular portion, and where said radial menu also includes a plurality of control indications radially distributed and surrounding only a portion of an outside of said circular portion of said radial menu, said plurality of control indications representing actions that are carried out to interact with said selected element in said virtual world, wherein said selected element is a location within said virtual world, and where said non-static image is of a map of at least a portion of said virtual world and said non-static image is navigable within the radial menu using one or more of the plurality of control indications.