Method and apparatus for providing flash-based avatars

Method and apparatus for providing flash based online identities is disclosed. For example, the present invention applies a multimedia animation component such as a Flash component in the present avatars architecture. In one embodiment, each avatar is represented using a plurality of layers, where e...

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Hauptverfasser: Ashtekar, Ashish, Lim, Hanjoo, Patwardhan, Chintamani, Torgemane, Henri
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Method and apparatus for providing flash based online identities is disclosed. For example, the present invention applies a multimedia animation component such as a Flash component in the present avatars architecture. In one embodiment, each avatar is represented using a plurality of layers, where each layer employs at least two objects. Using two objects for each layer allows the present invention to minimize flicking when the avatar is animated.