Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Informing users of a virtual universe of real world events
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Application No.: US12628720Application Date: 2009-12-01
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Publication No.: US10248932B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Igor Y. Gershfang , Rick A. Hamilton, II , Neil A. Katz , James W. Seaman , Adam R. Snopek , Richard Young
- Applicant: Igor Y. Gershfang , Rick A. Hamilton, II , Neil A. Katz , James W. Seaman , Adam R. Snopek , Richard Young
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Keohane & D'Alessandro PLLC
- Agent William H. Hartwell; Hunter E. Webb
- Main IPC: G06F3/0481
- IPC: G06F3/0481 ; G06Q10/10 ; G06F3/0489
Abstract:
The present invention provides various approaches for disseminating emergency broadcasting messages or other messages of importance (hereinafter “alerts”) within virtual world environments such that interested virtual world residents can be made aware of matters of importance based on their physical world locations (e.g., without respect to the locale of their current virtual world presence).
Public/Granted literature
- US20110131508A1 INFORMING USERS OF A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE OF REAL WORLD EVENTS Public/Granted day:2011-06-02
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