US Patent 10169897 Systems and methods for character composition

Systems and methods are disclosed for concurrently displaying an avatar, associated with a user, and a closed form composer graphic on a display. Each different position on the composer graphic provides a different value for a trait associated with the composer graphic. There is displayed on the avatar the trait set at a value associated with a respective position of the composer graphic selected by the user without user intervention responsive to the user selection of the respective position of the composer graphic. The value of the trait that is associated with the position of the composer graphic that was selected by the user is associated with the avatar. This associating displays on the avatar the trait set at the selected value of the trait.