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Method to monitor user trajectories within a virtual universe

  • US 8,595,632 B2
  • Filed: 02/21/2008
  • Issued: 11/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for monitoring a user trajectory in a virtual universe, comprising:

  • recording an activity of a first avatar within a virtual universe, the activity including a series of locations that the avatar has occupied within the virtual universe over a time period, the virtual universe including an interactive simulated environment accessed by multiple users simultaneously by using avatars to inhabit and interact with the virtual universe;

    rendering the recording of the activity as a visible path that illustrates a movement of the first avatar over the time period;

    recording a second activity of a second avatar, which is unaffiliated with the first avatar, within the virtual universe, the second activity including a second series of locations that the avatar has occupied within the virtual universe over a time period;

    rendering the recording of the second activity as a visible path that illustrates a movement of the second avatar over the time period;

    aggregating first and second visible paths to determine common movement patterns within the virtual universe; and

    using the aggregating to perform a subsequent activity in the virtual universe, wherein the subsequent activity includes modifying a geographic layout of the virtual universe by relocating a structural item within a virtual region in the virtual universe with respect to another structural item in the virtual region of the virtual universe.

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