ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENHANCING MULTIMEDIA FEATURES IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE
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1. A method for operating a virtual environment comprising:
- receiving a virtual universe feed from a network, the virtual universe feed having coordinate data;
displaying an interactive virtual universe;
detecting an event;
transmitting a trigger to the network responsive to the detected event; and
receiving streaming pixel data in response to the trigger.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for operating a virtual environment is disclosed. The method can include receiving an interactive virtual universe feed from a network in coordinate format. The method can also include displaying an interactive virtual universe and providing a trigger to a client application responsive to a user interaction. The trigger can change a mode of a user'"'"'s computer where the computer receives and displays video data or pixel data. Thus, the client machine can display higher quality video. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for operating a virtual environment comprising:
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receiving a virtual universe feed from a network, the virtual universe feed having coordinate data; displaying an interactive virtual universe; detecting an event; transmitting a trigger to the network responsive to the detected event; and receiving streaming pixel data in response to the trigger. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a server to provide interactive virtual universe graphics to a client application on a client computer; a switch coupled to the server to switch from providing the interactive virtual universe graphics to providing a streaming pixel data to a second client application on the client computer in response to a transmission from the client computer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A machine-accessible medium containing instructions to configure a processing system which, when the instructions are executed by a machine, cause said machine to perform operations, comprising:
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displaying an interactive virtual universe in response to a coordinate data feed; transmitting a trigger responsive to an event; loading a pixel data processing plug-in; receiving pixel data in response to the trigger; and displaying the pixel data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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