Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mapping transactions between the real world and a virtual world
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Application No.: US15165272Application Date: 2016-05-26
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Publication No.: US10176450B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Brian R. Bokor , Peter F. Haggar , Daniel E. House , William B. Nicol, II , Andrew B. Smith
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Moore & Van Allen PLLC
- Agent Charles L. Moore
- Main IPC: G06Q30/06
- IPC: G06Q30/06 ; G06Q10/08 ; G06F17/30 ; G07F17/32 ; G06Q20/00

Abstract:
A method for mapping transactions between a real world and a virtual world may include receiving information associated with a real world item at a virtual business object (VBO) controller. Information associated with a user is received at the VBO controller. In response to receiving by the VBO controller a decision to buy the real world item, the VBO controller generates a VBO, which includes the information associated with the real world item. In response to receiving at the VBO controller a decision not to buy the real world item, the VBO controller generates a VBO light, which includes the information associated with the real world item. Either the generated VBO or the VBO light is transmitted to a VBO inventory database associated with the user based on the user's information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170178062A9 MAPPING TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN THE REAL WORLD AND A VIRTUAL WORLD Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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