Method and system for virtual and semi-virtual events and exhibits
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Publication Number
US-12374051-B2
Publication Date
2025-07-29
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for virtual and semi-virtual events and exhibits. The present invention provides the ability for virtual attendees to interact with points of interest and objects within the virtual environment. The present invention also provides exhibitors with analytics that allows the exhibitor to objectively evaluate various aspects of exhibits. The present invention also allows the exhibitors to customize the exhibition experience of individual attendees based on attendee-specific interactions and information.
Core Innovation
The invention describes a virtual event and exhibition platform (VEEP) widget that allows a user to display a virtual environment on the user's equipment as part of a virtual experience. An environment generator is communicatively connected to an environment database and generates the virtual environment shown through the VEEP widget. The environment includes one or more virtual points of interest (POI) or objects with which a user can interact.
An avatar generator and a navigator are used in conjunction with the virtual environment, and a content manager communicates with a content database to update the virtual environment generated by the environment generator. User interaction with the one or more virtual POIs and objects occurs by selecting through the VEEP widget or by positioning an avatar of the user looking at a virtual POI and or objects. The system further includes a data collector and a data analyzer that collect and analyze data associated with the user as the user interacts.
The data collector and the data analyzer store collected data in a collection database and the components communicate by exchanging discrete packets of data. The system outputs interaction data associated with the user's interactions with the one or more virtual POIs and objects, where the interaction data is automatically formatted in a graphical representation. The disclosed process includes registering the user for the virtual experience, recording interactions, and analyzing those interactions.
Claims Coverage
The partial content includes two independent claims: a system for generating a virtual experience and a process method for proving a virtual experience. The system claim identifies inventive features centered on the VEEP widget, environment generation connected to an environment database, updating via a content manager and content database, and interaction data collection and analysis with discrete packet communication. The process claim identifies inventive features centered on generating a virtual environment from stored parameters, POI-based interaction via the VEEP widget or avatar gaze, recording and analyzing interactions, and outputting automatically formatted graphical interaction data.
Virtual event and exhibition platform widget for displaying a virtual environment
A virtual event and exhibition platform (VEEP) widget that allows a user to display a virtual environment on a user's equipment.
Environment generator connected to an environment database
An environment generator communicatively connected to an environment database for generating the virtual environment.
Avatar generator and navigator in the virtual experience system
An avatar generator; and a navigator.
Content manager updating the generated virtual environment via a content database
A content manager that communicates with a content database and updates the virtual environment generated by the environment generator.
Data collector and data analyzer for user-interaction data stored in a collection database
A data collector; and a data analyzer, where the data collector and the data analyzer collect data associated with the user as the user interacts with the virtual environment generated by the environment generator and store the data in a collection database.
Discrete packet communication among core components
The environment generator, the avatar generator, the navigator, the content manager, the data collector, and the data analyzer communicate by exchanging discrete packets of data.
VEEP-based process generating a virtual environment from parameters stored on an environment database
Generating, at a user's equipment, a virtual environment by executing a virtual event and exhibition platform (VEEP) widget, wherein the virtual environment is generated by an environment generator from certain parameters stored on an environment database.
Virtual points of interest (POI) or objects enabling interaction
The virtual environment comprises one or more virtual points of interest (POI) or objects with which a user can interact.
User registration for the virtual experience
Registering the user for the virtual experience.
POI interaction via VEEP selection or avatar positioning
User interacting with the one or more virtual POIs and objects within the virtual environment by selecting through the VEEP widget or by positioning an avatar of the user looking at a virtual POI and or objects.
Recording and analyzing user interactions with POIs and objects
Recording the user's interactions with the one or more virtual POIs and objects within the virtual environment; and analyzing the user's interactions with the one or more virtual POIs and objects within the virtual environment.
Automatically formatted graphical representation of interaction data
Outputting interaction data associated with user's interactions with the one or more virtual POIs and objects within the virtual environment, wherein the interaction data is automatically formatted in a graphical representation.
Across the independent claims, the core claim coverage centers on using a VEEP widget with an environment generator tied to an environment database to generate a virtual environment containing POIs/objects, enabling interaction via VEEP selection or avatar gaze, and collecting and analyzing user interaction data that is output as automatically formatted graphical representation. The system claim further specifies that the major components communicate by exchanging discrete packets of data, while a content manager updates the generated virtual environment via a content database.
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