Patent ID: 8006182

Claim:
A method for the configuration and display of a status indicating avatar, the method comprising: receiving user activity input information at a virtual world (VW) interface component comprised within a client VW application, wherein the user activity input information comprises information received singularly or in combination from at least one locally executing application or at least one input sensor the user activity input information indicative of user activity in the real world; determining a user activity that is associated with the user activity input information, the user activity being based upon hierarchical activity characteristics as specified by a user and activity characteristics that are based upon community protocols that are implemented at a target VW application; mapping the determined user activity to an activity that is associated with the target VW application, wherein mapping the determined activity to a target VW application activity comprises: determining the origin of the received activity input information; prioritizing a set of response actions based upon a comparison of the activity input information to the activity characteristics that are based upon the target VW applications community protocols; retrieving current avatar environment information, the current avatar environment information including attributes of the VW associated with the avatar; determining between the user activity input information and a best available correlation activity chosen from a VW avatar activity information listing; and transmitting a command to the target VW application in order to display an avatar in accordance with the mapped to VW activity.