INFORMING USERS OF A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE OF REAL WORLD EVENTS
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1. A method for informing users of a virtual universe (VU) of real world events, comprising:
- receiving an alert in the VU, the alert pertaining to a real world event;
identifying a set of VU users to which the alert pertains based on a real world location of the set of VU users; and
informing the set of VU users of the alert using the VU.
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Abstract
The present invention provides various approaches for disseminating emergency broadcasting messages or other messages of importance (hereinafter “alerts”) within virtual world environments such that interested virtual world residents can be made aware of matters of importance based on their physical world locations (e.g., without respect to the locale of their current virtual world presence).
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25 Claims
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1. A method for informing users of a virtual universe (VU) of real world events, comprising:
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receiving an alert in the VU, the alert pertaining to a real world event; identifying a set of VU users to which the alert pertains based on a real world location of the set of VU users; and informing the set of VU users of the alert using the VU. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer system for informing users of a virtual universe (VU) of real world events, comprising:
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at least one processing unit; memory operably associated with the at least one processing unit; and a utility stored in the memory and executable by the at least one processing unit, the utility comprising; a module for receiving an alert in the VU, the alert pertaining to a real world event; a module for identifying a set of VU users to which the alert pertains based on a real world location of the set of VU users; and a module for informing the set of VU users of the alert using the VU. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer readable medium containing a program product for informing users of a virtual universe (VU) of real world events, the computer readable medium comprising program code for causing a computer to:
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receive an alert in the VU, the alert pertaining to a real world event; identify a set of VU users to which the alert pertains based on a real world location of the set of VU users; and inform the set of VU users of the alert using the VU. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for deploying a system for informing users of a virtual universe (VU) of real world events, comprising:
deploying a computer infrastructure being operable to; receive an alert in the VU, the alert pertaining to a real world event; identify a set of VU users to which the alert pertains based on a real world location of the set of VU users; and inform the set of VU users of the alert using the VU.
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