Patent ID: 8540570

Claim:
A method of combining visual display parameters for virtual objects in an online game, comprising: receiving selections for a first virtual object and a second virtual object in the online game, each of the selected virtual objects being visually characterized by a corresponding parameter set that includes one or more color parameters; generating, with at least one computer, a third virtual-object parameter set from the first virtual-object parameter set and the second virtual-object parameter set, the third virtual-object parameter set visually characterizing a third virtual object having a virtual object type related to at least one of the first virtual object or the second virtual object, the generating of the third virtual-object parameter set including: generating a random number to select a feature value from one of the first virtual-object parameter set or the second virtual-object parameter set, and changing the selected feature value to another feature value based on the selected feature value satisfying a threshold test relative to a record of feature values, the record of feature values being stored in a computer-readable medium in the at least one computer; and providing values from the third virtual-object parameter set to a user machine corresponding to a player in the online game.