Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pack avatar for shared inventory in a virtual universe
- Patent Title (中): 在虚拟世界中为共享库存打包头像
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Application No.: US12029132Application Date: 2008-02-11
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Publication No.: US08018462B2Publication Date: 2011-09-13
- Inventor: Kulvir S. Bhogal , Rick Allen Hamilton, II , Clifford Alan Pickover , Anne R. Sand
- Applicant: Kulvir S. Bhogal , Rick Allen Hamilton, II , Clifford Alan Pickover , Anne R. Sand
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts
- Agent Mark C. Vallone
- Main IPC: G06T13/00
- IPC: G06T13/00

Abstract:
Generally speaking, systems, methods and media for providing a pack avatar for sharing inventory in a virtual universe are disclosed. Embodiments of a method may include receiving a request to create a pack avatar carrying one or more shared inventory items in a virtual universe and creating a pack avatar based on the received requests. Embodiments may include rendering the pack avatar in the virtual universe. Embodiments may also include, in response to receiving a request from a virtual universe user to borrow one or more shared inventory items carried by the pack avatar, accessing the one or more requested shared inventory items and rendering the one or more requested shared inventory items in the virtual universe. Further embodiments may include associating the pack avatar with a user and moving the pack avatar within the virtual universe.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090201299A1 Pack Avatar for Shared Inventory in a Virtual Universe Public/Granted day:2009-08-13
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