System for selling buying, lending, and renting virtual region and method thereof

Abstract

The right for correlating a region or an existence with a virtual region in a virtual world structured in for example the Internet is sold, bought, lent, or rented. For example, when a buyer bought a virtual region from a seller, the virtual region of the seller is correlated with a virtual region of the buyer in a link method, a paste method, or a projection method.

1 . A selling system, comprising:
 a presenting device presenting selling information about a virtual region of a selling object in a virtual world;   an accepting device accepting a message that represents that a buyer will buy the virtual region of the selling object and information about the buyer;   an executing device transferring a right for correlating a processing object with the virtual region of the selling object to the buyer, the processing object being at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world; and   a correlating device correlating identification information of the processing object with identification information of the virtual region of the selling object.   
     
     
         2 . The selling system as set forth in  claim 1 ,
 wherein said correlating device correlates the identification information of the processing object with the identification information of the virtual region of the selling object using at least one of a link method, a paste method, and a projection method.   
     
     
         3 . A lending system, comprising:
 a presenting device presenting lending information about a virtual region of a lending object in a virtual world;   an accepting device accepting a message that represents that a renter will rent the virtual region of the lending object and information about the renter;   an executing device lending a right for correlating a processing object with the virtual region of the lending object to the renter, the processing object being at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world; and   a correlating device correlating identification information of the processing object with identification information of the virtual region of the lending object.   
     
     
         4 . The lending system as set forth in  claim 3 ,
 wherein said correlating device correlates the identification information of the processing object with the identification information of the virtual region of the lending object using at least one of a link method, a paste method, and a projection method.   
     
     
         5 . A buying system, comprising:
 a browsing device browsing selling information about a virtual region of a selling object in a virtual world;   a requesting device requesting to buy a right for correlating identification information of a processing object with identification information of the virtual region of the selling object, the processing object being at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world; and   a receiving device receiving correlation information of the processing object and the virtual region of the selling object.   
     
     
         6 . A renting system, comprising:
 a browsing device browsing lending information about a virtual region of a lending object in a virtual world;   a requesting device requesting to rent a right for correlating identification information of a processing object with identification information of the virtual region of the lending object, the processing object being at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world; and   a receiving device receiving correlation information of the processing object and the virtual region of the lending object.   
     
     
         7 . A computer readable recording medium on which a program is recorded, the program causing a computer to perform:
 receiving a message that represents that a buyer will buy a virtual region of a selling object in a virtual world and information about the buyer;   correlating identification information of a processing object with identification information of the virtual region of the selling object, the processing object being at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world; and   notifying the buyer of correlation information of the processing object and the virtual region of the selling object.   
     
     
         8 . A computer readable recording medium on which a program is recorded, the program causing a computer to perform:
 receiving a message that represents that a renter will rent a virtual region of a lending object in a virtual world and information about the renter;   correlating identification information of a processing object with identification information of the virtual region of the lending object, the processing object being at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world; and   notifying the renter of correlation information of the processing object and the virtual region of the lending object.   
     
     
         9 . A computer readable recording medium on which is recorded information of a virtual world including a virtual region of a selling object so that when a request for buying the virtual region of the selling object in the virtual world is accepted, identification information of a processing object is correlated with identification information of the virtual region of the selling object, the processing object being at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world. 
     
     
         10 . A computer readable recording medium on which is recorded information of a virtual world including a virtual region of a lending object so that when a request for renting the virtual region of the lending object in the virtual world is accepted, identification information of a processing object is correlated with identification information of the virtual region of the lending object, the processing object being at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world. 
     
     
         11 . A propagation signal propagating a program to a computer, the program causing the computer to perform:
 receiving a message that represents that a buyer will buy a virtual region of a selling object in a virtual world and information about the buyer;   correlating identification information of a processing object with identification information of the virtual region of the selling object, the processing object being at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world; and   notifying the buyer of correlation information of the processing object and the virtual region of the selling object.   
     
     
         12 . A propagation signal propagating a program to a computer, the program causing the computer to perform:
 receiving a message that represents that a renter will rent a virtual region of a lending object in a virtual world and information about the renter;   correlating identification information of a processing object with identification information of the virtual region of the lending object, the processing object being at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world; and   notifying the renter of correlation information of the processing object and the virtual region of the lending object.   
     
     
         13 . A propagation signal propagating information of a virtual world including a virtual region of a selling object to a computer so that when a request for buying the virtual region of the selling object of the virtual world is accepted, identification information of a processing object is correlated with identification information of the virtual region of the selling object, the processing object being at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world. 
     
     
         14 . A propagation signal propagating information of a virtual world including a virtual region of a lending object to a computer so that when a request for renting the virtual region of the lending object in the virtual world is accepted, identification information of a processing object is correlated with identification information of the virtual region of the lending object, the processing object being at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world. 
     
     
         15 . A selling method, comprising:
 presenting selling information about a virtual region of a selling object in a virtual world;   accepting a request for buying the virtual region of the selling object;   accepting at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world as a processing object; and   correlating identification information of the processing object with identification information of the virtual region of the selling object.   
     
     
         16 . A lending method, comprising:
 presenting lending information about a virtual region of a lending object in a virtual world;   accepting a request for renting the virtual region of the lending object;   accepting at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world as a processing object; and   correlating identification information of the processing object with identification information of the virtual region of the lending object.   
     
     
         17 . A selling system, comprising:
 presenting means for presenting selling information about a virtual region of a selling object in a virtual world;   accepting means for accepting a message that represents that a buyer will buy the virtual region of the selling object and information about the buyer;   executing means for transferring a right for correlating a processing object with the virtual region of the selling object to the buyer, the processing object being at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world; and   correlating means for correlating identification information of the processing object with identification information of the virtual region of the selling object.   
     
     
         18 . A lending system, comprising:
 presenting means for presenting lending information about a virtual region of a lending object in a virtual world;   accepting means for accepting a message that represents that a renter will rent the virtual region of the lending object and information about the renter;   executing means for lending a right for correlating a processing object with the virtual region of the lending object to the renter, the processing object being at least one of a virtual existence and a virtual region in the virtual world, a virtual existence and a virtual region in another virtual world, and a real existence and a real region in a real world; and   correlating means for correlating identification information of the processing object with identification information of the virtual region of the lending object.