PROVIDING PREFERRED TREATMENT BASED ON PREFERRED CONDUCT

• US 20080208683A1
• Filed: 02/27/2007
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dawson, Christopher J., Pickover, Clifford A., Hamilton, Rick A., Seaman, James W.
• Application Number:
  US11/679,453
• Publication Number:
  US 20080208683A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for encouraging a virtual world user to perform a conduct are disclosed. According an embodiment, a method for encouraging a virtual world user to perform a conduct comprises: monitoring the virtual world user with respect to the conduct; and providing an infrastructural treatment to the virtual world user based on an amount of the conduct performed by the virtual world user.

Claims

1. A method for encouraging a virtual world user to perform a conduct, the method comprising:

monitoring the virtual world user with respect to the conduct; and

providing an infrastructural treatment to the virtual world user based on an amount of the conduct performed by the virtual world user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the infrastructural treatment providing includes assigning a score to the virtual world user based on the amount of the conduct performed by the virtual world user.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the assigned score is with respect to at least one of:

a single infrastructural treatment and a combination of multiple infrastructural treatments.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the infrastructural treatment includes at least one of:

a virtual world parameter, an allocated system resource, a virtual world object, a virtual world tool, and an entry to a virtual world space.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the conduct includes viewing an advertisement broadcasted with a virtual world.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the infrastructural treatment is provided based on at least one of:

viewing the advertisement of a specific advertisement sponsor and viewing the advertisement generally.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein, in the case the infrastructural treatment is provided based on an amount of viewing the advertisement of the specific advertisement sponsor, the infrastructural treatment provided is related to the specific advertisement sponsor.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising communicating with the virtual world user with respect to the providing of the infrastructural treatment.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing an environment for exchanging the infrastructural treatment between virtual world users.

10. A system for encouraging a virtual world user to perform a conduct, the system comprising:

means for monitoring the virtual world user with respect to the conduct; and

means for providing an infrastructural treatment to the virtual world user based on an amount of the conduct performed by the virtual world user.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the infrastructural treatment includes at least one of:

a virtual world parameter, an allocated system resource, a virtual world object, a virtual world tool, and an entry to a virtual world space.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the conduct includes viewing an advertisement broadcasted with a virtual world.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising means for communicating with the virtual world user with respect to the providing of the infrastructural treatment.

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising means for providing an environment for exchanging the infrastructural treatment between virtual world users.

15. A computer program product comprising:

computer usable program code which, when executed by a computer system, enables the computer system to;

receive data regarding a monitored performance of a virtual world user with respect to a conduct; and

determine an infrastructural treatment to the virtual world user based on an amount of the conduct performed by the virtual world user.

16. The program product of claim 15, wherein the program code is further configured to enable the computer system to assign a score to the virtual world user based on the amount of the conduct performed by the virtual world user.

17. The program product of claim 15, wherein the infrastructural treatment includes at least one of:

a virtual world parameter, an allocated system resource, a virtual world object, a virtual world tool, and an entry to a virtual world space.

18. The program product of claim 15, wherein the conduct includes viewing an advertisement broadcasted with a virtual world.

19. The program product of claim 15, wherein the program code is further configured to enable the computer system to communicate with the virtual world user with respect to the providing of the infrastructural treatment.

20. The program product of claim 15, wherein the program code is further configured to enable the computer system to provide an environment for exchanging the infrastructural treatment between virtual world users.

21. A method for deploying a system for encouraging a virtual world user to perform a conduct, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure being operable to;

receive data regarding a monitored performance of the virtual world user with respect to the conduct; and

determine an infrastructural treatment to the virtual world user based on an amount of the conduct performed by the virtual world user.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to assign a score to the virtual world user based on the amount of the conduct performed by the virtual world user.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the infrastructural treatment includes at least one of:

a virtual world parameter, an allocated system resource, a virtual world object, a virtual world tool, and an entry to a virtual world space.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the conduct includes viewing an advertisement broadcasted with a virtual world.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to communicate with the virtual world user with respect to the providing of the infrastructural treatment.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein the computer infrastructure is further operable to provide an environment for exchanging the infrastructural treatment between virtual world users.