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Shared virtual space conversation support system using virtual telephones

  • US 7,086,005 B1
  • Filed: 11/16/2000
  • Issued: 08/01/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A conversation support system for supporting a plurality of users in having a virtual conversation in a shared virtual space built and provided on a computer network, comprising:

  • enrolling means for enrolling an avatar of a logged-in user into said shared virtual space;

    imparting means for imparting a virtual mobile telephone to each avatar in said shared virtual space, said virtual mobile telephone being usable within said shared virtual space;

    determination means for determining, in response to a call to a virtual mobile telephone, whether a calling party originated said call from a telephone in said shared virtual space, (2) from a telephone in another virtual space, or (3) from a telephone in the real world; and

    connecting means for executing connection processing in accordance with the determination made by said determination means.

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