Patent ID: 8838540

Claim:
A computer-implemented system for providing recognized offline modification of a virtual asset, comprising: a database, comprising: at least one virtual asset comprising parameters that each have intrinsic significance within a virtual environment defined exclusively by a central server; a certificate of authenticity assigned to the virtual asset and comprising a digest of the virtual asset and a digital signature by an asset authority; and qualitative rules comprising characteristics of the parameters of the virtual asset; storage media offline from the central server, comprising: a copy of the virtual asset and the certificate of authenticity; and proposed changes to at least one of the parameters of the virtual asset applied by a client application and stored on the storage media; and the asset authority, comprising an authentication module authenticating the virtual asset on behalf of the central server via the certificate of authenticity; an authorization code periodically issued to the virtual asset from the asset authority, wherein the authorization code is checked for expiration against authentication code information maintained by the asset authority; and an evaluation module evaluating each proposed change, when authenticated, against the characteristics of the parameters as defined in the qualitative rules and determining whether the proposed changes are satisfactory based on the evaluation of the proposed changes and the characteristics of the parameters, wherein only those proposed changes that are satisfactory are accepted.