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1 7824253 System and method for providing real world value in a virtual world environment
A system and a method is provided wherein real world monetary or cash values are placed on virtual world avatars, avatar possessed or avatar purchasable virtual world items, environmental virtual... 21
2 US20110010325 APPLICATION OF NORMATIVE RULES IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE
The present invention teaches methods for applying an avatar behavior rule within a virtual universe environment. An avatar behavior rule and a violation threshold for the rule are defined for a... 6
3 US20110050699 Teleport Preview Provisioning In Virtual Environments
Upon a request for a teleportation operation, a user of a virtual universe is provided with an interface for specification of image resolution parameters for initial rendering of a teleportation... 6
4 US20110055135 Deferred Teleportation or Relocation in Virtual Worlds
A user of a virtual universe system is provided with the option of deferring a response to an invitation for an avatar to be relocated (including relocation by performing a (exportation operation)... 6
5 US20110055136 Relocation Between Virtual Environments Based Upon Promotional and Alert Conditions
Awards of value are awarded to residents of a virtual universe for consenting to be teleported in response to invitations for teleportation. The consent can he made conditional upon any of a... 6
6 US20110055267 Virtual Universe Rendering Based on Prioritized Metadata Terms
After a change of location of an avatar in a virtual universe, an avatar is encouraged to remain at that location and avoid an immediate further or return change of location (e.g. by teleportation)... 6
7 US20110055727 System and Method for Using Partial Teleportation or Relocation in Virtual Worlds
The processing burden of rendering incident to a full teleportation operation in a virtual universe is avoided while contact with particular teleport destinations is promoted by provision of a... 6
8 US20110055728 Method and System for Filtering Movements Between Virtual Environments
In response to a teleport request, teleport destination characteristics are determined and compared against preferences, characteristics and restrictions of an avatar as indicated by metadata or... 6
9 US20110055732 Creation and Prioritization of Multiple Virtual Universe Teleports In Response to an Event
Useful work or services can be automated or otherwise facilitated or solutions to real world events developed by emulation of a real-world environment (which can contain objects representing... 6
10 US20110055733 System and Method for Locating Missing Items in a Virtual Universe
The present invention provides a system and method for tagging Virtual Universe items as owned by a particular user and to use such tags to enable users and/or system administrators to locate lost... 6
11 US20110055919 System and Method for the Designation of Items in a Virtual Universe
The present invention enables items in a Virtual Universe to be tagged as available for pickup by one or more designated users. The present invention permits a designated user to be alerted that... 6
12 US20110060744 Method and System for Dynamic Detection of Affinity Between Virtual Entities
A method and system are disclosed for detecting affinity between entities in a virtual universe (VU) using real time access to descriptions prepared from information about objective entities... 6
13 US20110078088 Method and System for Accurate Rating of Avatars in a Virtual Environment
A method and system applies a rating adjustment to ratings by avatars in a virtual universe. The rating adjustment offsets mutual rating collusion between avatars. The ratings may be adjusted based... 6
14 US20110078170 Routing a Teleportation Request Based on Compatibility with User Contexts
A teleportation proxy and teleportation proxy service which monitors the usage of a networked computer or terminal to determine contextual metadata for a user reflecting current usage of the... 6
15 US20110077085 Apparatus and Method to Transition Between a Media Presentation and a Virtual Environment
A virtual universe application and a media (e.g. 3-D movie) presentation application communicate with each other to obtain a location of a current activity application and find, using a search... 6
16 7921128 Method and system for merging disparate virtual universes entities
A migration tool for merging disparate virtual universes by selecting a source region or source account, selecting a destination edge or destination account, retrieving and storing virtual universe... 6
17 US20100064359 USER CREDENTIAL VERIFICATION INDICATION IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE
User credential verification indication in a virtual universe is disclosed. A method, system and program product are provided that include verifying a credential of the user of a first avatar in... 5
18 US20100083139 VIRTUAL UNIVERSE AVATAR COMPANION
Methods, devices, program products and systems are disclosed for providing a virtual universe companion avatar for engagement with a virtual universe user avatar. In some methods a user of a... 4
19 US20100070883 VIRTUAL UNIVERSE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ASSISTANCE
Methods, devices and systems are provided for enabling virtual universe users to find and engage subject matter experts within a virtual universe by defining a virtual universe subject matter... 4
20 US20100082798 VIRTUAL UNIVERSE AVATAR ACTIVITIES REVIEW
Methods, services, program products and devices are provided for tracking avatar activities within a virtual universe domain. A proximity threshold of an avatar is defined with respect to proximity... 4
21 US20100083140 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR VARIABLE RENDERING OF VIRTUAL UNIVERSE AVATARS
Avatar appearance attributes for use in rendering a first avatar within a virtual universe are associated with keys, wherein the first avatar is rendered to a second user in a virtual universe... 4
22 US20090319286 PERSONAL SERVICE ASSISTANCE IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE
A method of providing personal service assistance in a virtual universe is disclosed. The method provides a customer avatar (CA) access to a personal assistance avatar or personal customer service... 4
23 US20090141905 NAVIGABLE AUDIO-BASED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
The invention is directed to a sound system for providing an audio-based virtual environment, wherein the sound system includes: (a) a device-readable medium having stored thereon a device-readable... 4
24 US20100079467 TIME DEPENDENT VIRTUAL UNIVERSE AVATAR RENDERING
Methods, devices, program products and systems are disclosed for displaying multiple virtual universe avatar states. Each of a plurality of avatar states of a first avatar of a first virtual... 4
25 US20100146419 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ITEM INQUIRY AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION VIA STANDARD COMMUNICATION PATHS
A method and system is provided for item inquiry and information presentation via standard communication paths. More particularly, the method and system detects an item associated with an avatar of... 4
26 US20100058183 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ALLOCATING VIRTUAL UNIVERSE CUSTOMER SERVICE
Virtual universe customer service representatives axe cloned and assigned as a function of observing customer behavior, retrieving historical data and creating a customer profile Preferential... 4
27 US20100083138 VIRTUAL UNIVERSE SUPERVISORY PRESENCE
Methods, devices and systems are provided. A virtual universe resident avatar is monitored through an associated supervisory avatar. The engagement of a user avatar representing an agent account of... 4
28 US20100083148 AVATAR APPEARANCE TRANSFORMATION IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE
Methods, articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices are provided for configuring a chameleon avatar in response to data associated with a target avatar within a virtual... 4
29 US20100138740 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MULTI-CONTENT CARDS
A method and system is provided for creation and distribution of dynamic multi-content cards in a virtual universe. More specifically, the method creates a card containing contact information for... 4
30 US20100023406 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRIORITIZATION OF RENDERING POLICIES IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS
A system and method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code, includes receiving one or more bids for at least one of an enhanced rendering quality and an enhanced... 4
31 US20090124349 SYSTEM FOR PERSONALIZING CONTENT PRESENTED IN AN AVATAR WAIT STATE
Customized wait state experiences are provided for an avatar in a virtual universe are provided by determining user alternative wait context preferences, selecting alternative wait state content... 4
32 US20090198664 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MERGING DISPARATE VIRTUAL UNIVERSES ENTITIES
A migration tool for merging disparate virtual universes by selecting a source region or source account, selecting a destination edge or destination account, retrieving and storing virtual universe... 4
33 US20090017916 Cross-Virtual-World Resource Scheduling Framework
A cross-world framework for providing integrated scheduling and reservation of virtual resources. Users are allowed to access the scheduling application from a website or an in-world interface.... 4
34 US20090125819 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPLITTING VIRTUAL UNIVERSES INTO DISTINCT ENTITIES
Systems and methods for allowing an administrator or program to select a region or set of avatars in a virtual universe grid for splitting into another, separate and distinct virtual universe grid.... 4
35 US20100146402 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT PRESERVATION BASED ON AUTOMATED ITEM REDUCTION
A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code, includes detecting one of an absence of a virtual universe (VU) occurrence in a VU within a predetermined time... 4
36 US20100036718 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC OPTIMAL ADVERTISING DETERMINATION WITHIN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE
A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code includes receiving advertising criteria, collecting advertisement cost data, and detecting virtual universe (VU)... 4
37 US20100081508 AVATAR PROTECTION WITHIN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE
Methods, program products, services and devices are provided for protecting a protected avatar from actions of a second avatar within a virtual universe. Protection is implemented for a protected... 4
38 US20100017283 DYNAMIC ADVERTISING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL UNIVERSES
A system and method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code, includes receiving bids for dynamic product placement advertisements in a virtual universe (VU) and... 4
39 US20090143124 Simulation of Sporting Events in a Virtual Environment
Aspects of the present invention provide a system, method and computer program product for simulating movement of a projectile in a virtual environment. Primary data comprising a plurality of sets...
