Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Resource acquisition and manipulation from within a virtual universe
- Patent Title (中): 在虚拟世界内的资源获取和操纵
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Application No.: US12131581Application Date: 2008-06-02
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Publication No.: US08671198B2Publication Date: 2014-03-11
- Inventor: Rick A. Hamilton, II , Brian M. O'Connell , Clifford A. Pickover , Keith R. Walker
- Applicant: Rick A. Hamilton, II , Brian M. O'Connell , Clifford A. Pickover , Keith R. Walker
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Hoffman Warnick LLC
- Agent Lisa Ulrich
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173 ; G06F3/048
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a system, method and program product that allows a user to access resources on a local computer during a session with a virtual universe. Disclosed is a system that obtains an inventory of resources from the client computer and generates renderings of the resources in the virtual universe. Also included is a resource interaction system for allowing an avatar to interact with the resources in the virtual universe, wherein the resource interaction system provides a transport facility for loading resources from the client computer to the virtual universe.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090300639A1 RESOURCE ACQUISITION AND MANIPULATION FROM WITHIN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE Public/Granted day:2009-12-03
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