User driven transactions through referred virtual business object
First Claim
1. A method for providing traceability in a Virtual Business Object (VBO) comprising:
- generating, by a computer, a first VBO in response to a transaction by a first avatar, the first VBO comprising components and actions that may be performed using the first VBO, wherein the transaction comprises a purchase of one of a product and a service by the first avatar, and the first VBO further comprising information about one of the product and the service purchased;
providing, by the computer, the first VBO to the first avatar;
creating a VBO light from the first VBO;
attaching, by the computer, traceability information regarding the first avatar to the VBO light;
providing the VBO light from the first avatar to a second avatar;
add, by the computer, information to the VBO light to create a full second VBO in response to a purchase of one of the product and the service by the second avatar.
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Abstract
Providing traceability in a Virtual Business Object (VBO) may include generating a VBO comprising components and actions that may be performed using the VBO, attaching traceability information regarding an avatar to the VBO and providing the VBO to the avatar. Also, a network entity configured to access a virtual world environment may include a network interface configured to provide access to the virtual world environment and a controller configured to perform a transaction with an avatar in the virtual world environment, generate a Virtual Business Object (VBO) related to the transaction, attach traceability information regarding the avatar to the VBO, and provide the VBO to the avatar.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for providing traceability in a Virtual Business Object (VBO) comprising:
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generating, by a computer, a first VBO in response to a transaction by a first avatar, the first VBO comprising components and actions that may be performed using the first VBO, wherein the transaction comprises a purchase of one of a product and a service by the first avatar, and the first VBO further comprising information about one of the product and the service purchased; providing, by the computer, the first VBO to the first avatar; creating a VBO light from the first VBO; attaching, by the computer, traceability information regarding the first avatar to the VBO light; providing the VBO light from the first avatar to a second avatar; add, by the computer, information to the VBO light to create a full second VBO in response to a purchase of one of the product and the service by the second avatar. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A network entity configured to access a virtual world environment comprising:
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a computer; a network interface configured by the computer to provide access to the virtual world environment; and a controller configured by the computer to; perform a transaction with a first avatar in the virtual world environment; generate a first Virtual Business Object (VBO) Related to the transaction, wherein the transaction comprises a purchase of one of a product and a service by the first avatar, and the VBO comprises information about one of the product and the service purchased; provide the first VBO to the first avatar; create a VBO light from the first VBO; attach traceability information regarding the first avatar to the VBO light; provide the VBO light from the first avatar to a second avatar; adding information to the VBO light to create a full second VBO in response to a purchase of one of the product and the service by the second avatar. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer useable storage medium having computer useable program code embodied therewith, the computer useable program code comprising:
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computer useable program code configured to generate a first VBO in response to a transaction by a first avatar, the VBO comprising components and actions that may be performed using the first VBO, wherein the transaction comprises a purchase of one of a product and a service by the first avatar, and the first VBO further comprising information about one of the product and the service purchased; computer useable program code configured to provide the first VBO to the first avatar; computer useable program code configured to create a VBO light from the first VBO; computer useable program code configured to attach traceability information regarding the first avatar to the VBO light; computer useable program code configured to provide the VBO light from the first avatar to a second avatar; computer useable program code configured to add information to the VBO light to create a full second VBO in response to a purchase of one of the product and the service by the second avatar. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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