VIRTUAL WORLD INTEGRATION WITH A COLLABORATIVE APPLICATION

• US 20090187832A1
• Filed: 01/19/2008
• Published: 07/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cheng, Li-Te, Patterson, John F., Rohall, Steven L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,331,860 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/757
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/572 Communication between players during game play of non game information, e.g. e-mail, chat, file transfer, streaming of audio and streaming of video
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for virtual world integration with a collaborative computing application. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for virtual world and collaborative computing application integration can be provided. The method can include loading a virtual world, detecting a posting in a collaborative application, and creating an object with the posting in the virtual world. The method further can include detecting a creation of an object in the virtual world including content, and creating a posting in the collaborative application with the content from the object in the virtual world. In one aspect of the embodiment, creating an object with the posting in the virtual world can include determining a topic for the posting, identifying a place in the virtual world corresponding to the topic, and creating the object in the identified place.

Claims

1. A method for virtual world and collaborative computing application integration, the method comprising:

loading a virtual world;

detecting a posting in a collaborative application; and

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creating an object with the posting in the virtual world.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a creation of an object in the virtual world including content; and

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creating a posting in the collaborative application with the content from the object in the virtual world.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the collaborative application is a discussion forum.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the collaborative application is a Wiki.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the collaborative application is a blog.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the collaborative application is a team space.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein creating an object with the posting in the virtual world comprises:

determining a topic for the posting;

identifying a place in the virtual world corresponding to the topic; and

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creating the object in the identified place.

8. A virtual world data processing system comprising:

a virtual world server executing in a host server and a collaborative application executing in another host server; and

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an intermediary communicatively coupled to both host servers, the intermediary comprising program code enabled to detect a posting in the collaborative application and to create an object with the posting in the virtual world.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the program code of the intermediary is further enabled to detect a creation of an object in the virtual world including content and to create a posting in the collaborative application with the content from the object in the virtual world.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the collaborative application is a discussion forum.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the collaborative application is a Wiki.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the collaborative application is a blog.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the collaborative application is a team space.

14. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for virtual world and collaborative computing application integration, the computer program product comprising:

computer usable program code for loading a virtual world;

computer usable program code for detecting a posting in a collaborative application; and

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computer usable program code for creating an object with the posting in the virtual world.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising:

computer usable program code for detecting a creation of an object in the virtual world including content; and

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computer usable program code for creating a posting in the collaborative application with the content from the object in the virtual world.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the collaborative application is a discussion forum.

17. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the collaborative application is a Wiki.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the collaborative application is a blog.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the collaborative application is a team space.