Arrangements for interactivity between a virtual universe and the world wide web
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
- a server computer hosting a graphical virtual environment for display on a client computer;
subsequent to the client computer connecting to the server computer, the server computer monitoring actions of an avatar controlled by the client computer;
the server computer determining that the avatar has come into contact with an area or object of the graphical virtual environment that is associated with a specified website, and in response, the server computer requesting access to a cookie stored on the client computer by a computer hosting the specified website;
the server computer accessing one or more cookies from the client computer, wherein the one or more cookies were previously stored on the client computer by a computer hosting a website, and wherein one of the one or more cookies is the cookie stored on the client computer by the computer hosting the specified website; and
the server computer modifying content within the graphical virtual environment based on data in the one or more cookies.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for interaction between a web browser and virtual environment applications is disclosed. The method can include creating an attribute file or a cookie file in a virtual universe application and in browser applications, then sharing such files between these applications to enhance a user experience. Both the browser applications and the virtual universe applications can search for the attribute files in numerous locations including local memory, web based memory and even a third party service provider via the Internet.
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11 Claims
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1. A method comprising the steps of:
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a server computer hosting a graphical virtual environment for display on a client computer; subsequent to the client computer connecting to the server computer, the server computer monitoring actions of an avatar controlled by the client computer; the server computer determining that the avatar has come into contact with an area or object of the graphical virtual environment that is associated with a specified website, and in response, the server computer requesting access to a cookie stored on the client computer by a computer hosting the specified website; the server computer accessing one or more cookies from the client computer, wherein the one or more cookies were previously stored on the client computer by a computer hosting a website, and wherein one of the one or more cookies is the cookie stored on the client computer by the computer hosting the specified website; and the server computer modifying content within the graphical virtual environment based on data in the one or more cookies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer system comprising:
one or more processors, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices and program instructions which are stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising; program instructions to host on the computer system a graphical virtual environment for display on a client computer; program instructions to, subsequent to the client computer connecting to the computer system, monitor actions of an avatar controlled by the client computer; program instructions to determine that the avatar has come into contact with an area or object of the graphical virtual environment that is associated with a specified website, and in response, request access to a cookie stored on the client computer by a computer hosting the specified website; program instructions to access at least one cookie from the client computer, wherein the at least one cookie was stored on the client computer by a computer hosting a website, and wherein one of the at least one cookie is the cookie stored on the client computer by the computer hosting the specified website; and program instructions to customize one or more features of the graphical virtual environment for display on the client computer based on data in the at least one cookie. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A computer program product comprising:
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one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, the program instructions comprising; program instructions to host a graphical virtual environment for display on a client computer; program instructions to, subsequent to connecting to the client computer, monitor actions of an avatar controlled by the client computer; program instructions to determine that the avatar has come into contact with an area or object of the graphical virtual environment that is associated with a specified website, and in response, request access to a cookie stored on the client computer by a computer hosting the specified website; program instructions to access one or more cookies from the client computer, wherein the one or more cookies were previously stored on the client computer by a computer hosting a website, and wherein one of the one or more cookies is the cookie stored on the client computer by the computer hosting the specified website; and program instructions to customize content within the graphical virtual environment for the client computer based on data in the one or more cookies. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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