SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING VIRTUAL WORLD ENVIRONMENTS BASED UPON EXISTING PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS
First Claim
1. A method for automatically creating a virtual rendition of at least one physical resource to replicate a real-life environment in a system having a gateway, a virtual world rendering module and at least one physical resource, the gateway acting as an interface between the at least one physical resource and the virtual world rendering module, the method comprising:
- at the gateway, receiving descriptive resource data from the at least one physical resource;
at the gateway, translating the descriptive resource data so that it is utilized by the virtual world rendering module; and
at the rendering module, creating a virtual rendition of the at least one physical resource.
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Abstract
In general, the present invention provides a system and method for creating and utilizing virtual worlds for enhanced management of an Information Technology (IT) environment. Two dimensional (2D) and/or three dimensional (3D) virtual world renditions are automatically created to replicate the associated real-life IT environment. Such virtual environments can then be used to familiarize staff with remote locations and to securely provide virtual data center tours to others. This invention comprises a system and method of automatically creating a virtual world environment to reflect a real world environment using information stored in databases and floor plans. The virtual world environment is rendered utilizing a Virtual World Rendering Module and is updated utilizing a Virtual Instrument Update Module.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for automatically creating a virtual rendition of at least one physical resource to replicate a real-life environment in a system having a gateway, a virtual world rendering module and at least one physical resource, the gateway acting as an interface between the at least one physical resource and the virtual world rendering module, the method comprising:
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at the gateway, receiving descriptive resource data from the at least one physical resource; at the gateway, translating the descriptive resource data so that it is utilized by the virtual world rendering module; and at the rendering module, creating a virtual rendition of the at least one physical resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium for operating in a system comprising a network I/O, a CPU, and one or more databases, for implementing a method for automatically creating virtual renditions of at least one physical resource to replicate a real-life environment in a system having a virtual world gateway, a virtual world rendering module and at least one physical resource, the virtual world gateway acting as an interface between the at least one physical resource and the virtual world rendering module, the method comprising:
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at the virtual world gateway, receiving descriptive resource data from the at least one physical resource; at the virtual world gateway, translating the data so that it is utilized by the virtual world rendering module; and at the virtual world rendering module, creating a virtual rendition of the at least one physical resource. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for automatically virtual world graphic representations of at least one physical resource to replicate real-life environments, the system comprising:
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a virtual world gateway connected to the at least one physical resource; and a virtual world rendering module connected to the virtual world gateway, wherein the virtual world gateway receives descriptive resource data from the at least one physical resource, translates the descriptive resource data so that it is utilized by the virtual world rendering module and passes the translated descriptive resource data to the virtual world rendering module and further wherein the virtual world rendering module creates a virtual world graphic representation of the at least one physical resource. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for deploying an application automatically creating a virtual rendition of at least one physical resource to replicate a real-life environment in a system having a gateway, a virtual world rendering module and at least one physical resource, the gateway acting as an interface between the at least one physical resource and the virtual world rendering module, the method comprising:
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providing a computer infrastructure being operable to; at the gateway, receiving descriptive resource data from the at least one physical resource; at the gateway, translating the descriptive resource data so that it is utilized by the virtual world rendering module; and at the rendering module, creating a virtual rendition of the at least one physical resource. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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