Patent US 6,164,973

A method of developing processing system software media to provide at least one user with a display of at least one user controllable image such that the user causes the user controllable image to perform interactive, idiosyncratic, simulated, physical, movements on a display means. The invention includes the display of demonstrative image movements to which users cause interactive, idiosyncratic, simulated, physical, responsive movements to be made by user controllable images. Demonstrative image movements may be made by images of any previously or presently living things, objects and systems. The user controllable images are customized by the user with respect to its on-screen proportional dimensions and characteristics and its movements may be idiosyncratically controlled by the user and/or by pre-programmed, pre-stored, maintained means. The user controllable image acquires a form of personalized artificial intelligence in that users' transmissions of idiosyncratic input controls are stored and maintained by the processing system as the effective memory and autonomous and/or semi-autonomous movement capabilities of users' controllable images.