Interactive Self-Contained Business Transaction Virtual Object Generation

• US 20090083051A1
• Filed: 09/26/2007
• Published: 03/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Nicol, William B. II, Bokor, Brian R., House, Daniel E., Smith, Andrew B.
• Application Number:
  US11/861,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20090083051A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

A method for generating a virtual object in a virtual environment that includes performing a business transaction in a virtual environment, completing the business transaction, and generating a virtual object responsive to the completing the business transaction. The virtual object contains information related to at least one of a product or a service related to the business transaction. The virtual object may be stored in a storage mechanism accessible by the virtual environment and/or accessible by a user or avatar. A visual representation of the virtual object may be generated from the completed business transaction.

Claims

1. A method for generating a virtual object in a virtual environment comprising:

performing a business transaction in a virtual environment;

completing the business transaction;

generating a virtual object responsive to the completing the business transaction; and

generating a visual representation of the virtual object from the completed business transaction.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising generating the virtual object containing information related to at least one of a product or a service related to the business transaction.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising generating a virtual receipt.

4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising generating a virtual instruction manual.

5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising generating a virtual contracting terms.

6. The method according to claim 2, further comprising generating a virtual object of at least one of a product or a service.

7. The method according to claim 2, further comprising generating a virtual parts list.

8. The method according to claim 2, further comprising generating virtual support terms.

9. The method according to claim 2, further comprising generating virtual supporting products.

10. The method according to claim 2, further comprising generating a virtual tag for the at least one of a product or a service.

11. The method according to claim 2, further comprising generating warranty terms.

12. The method according to claim 2, further comprising generating a stock keeping unit (Sku) and serial number for the at least one of a product or a service.

13. The method according to claim 2, further comprising generating the virtual object to include interactive information related to at least one of a product or a service related to the business transaction.

14. The method according to claim 2, further comprising generating the virtual object to include dynamically updatable information related to at least one of a product or a service related to the business transaction.

15. The method according to claim 2, further comprising generating the virtual object to contain searchable information related to at least one of a product or a service related to the business transaction.

16. The method according to claim 2, further comprising storing the virtual object in an inventory space of a user involved in the business transaction.

17. A method for a virtual object in a virtual environment comprising

performing a business transaction in a virtual environment;

generating a virtual object responsive to the completing the business transaction, the virtual object containing information related to at least one of a product or a service related to the business transaction;

storing the virtual object in at least one of the virtual environment or in a storage mechanism accessible within the virtual environment; and

accessing the stored virtual object by a user.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising accessing the virtual object by a user comprising a buyer involved in the business transaction.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising accessing interactive information in the virtual object related to the at least one of a product or a service by the buyer.

20. The method according to claim 18, further comprising accessing dynamically updatable information in the virtual object related to the at least one of a product or a service by the buyer.

21. The method according to claim 18, further comprising entering a search expression by the buyer to search for information in the virtual object related to the at least one of a product or a service.

22. The method according to claim 17, further comprising accessing the virtual object by a user comprising a seller involved in the business transaction.

23. The method according to claim 22, further comprising accessing the virtual object by the seller to dynamically update information in the virtual object related to the at least one of a product or a service.

24. The method according to claim 17, further comprising accessing the virtual object by a user comprising a vendor not involved in the business transaction, the vendor accessing the virtual object to dynamically update information in the virtual object related to the at least one of a product or a service.