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SPAWNING PROJECTED AVATARS IN A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE

  • US 20130009972A1
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Published: 01/10/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for positioning a copy of an avatar within a virtual universe, the method comprising the steps of:

  • a computer receiving a command to project the avatar to a different location in the virtual universe than a current location of the avatar in the virtual universe;

    after the step of receiving the command to project the avatar, the computer transmitting, to a virtual universe host, a request to place the copy of the avatar at the different location, the request permitting both the copy of the avatar and an object in the virtual universe to both occupy the different location;

    the computer causing a user interface to be displayed, the user interface including a selectable element corresponding to a view that is displayable in the user interface in response to selection of the selectable element, the view including a scene of the virtual universe from a perspective of the copy of the avatar at the different location;

    the computer receiving an event associated with the copy of the avatar;

    after the step of receiving the event associated with the copy of the avatar, the computer transmitting, to the virtual universe host, a request to remove the copy of the avatar from the virtual universe; and

    the computer removing the selectable element from the user interface.

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