Managing a virtual object
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1. A server device, comprising:
- a processor; and
a memory communicatively coupled to said processor;
said memory comprising executable code that causes said processor, upon execution of said executable code, to;
maintain a database comprising a number of avatars and a virtual object distinct from said avatars;
maintain a database of users that subscribe to said virtual object; and
in response to receiving a request from a non-subscriber user to perform a first action on said virtual object, send a message to at least one of said users that subscribe to said virtual object;
wherein said at least one of said users that subscribe to said virtual object comprises any user subscribing to said virtual object that has performed an action on said virtual object that is the same as said first action performed by said non-subscriber user on said virtual object.
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Abstract
A server device includes a processor; and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory includes executable code that causes the processor, upon execution of the executable code, to: maintain a database comprising a virtual object; maintain a database of users that subscribe to the virtual object; and in response to receiving a request from a non-subscriber user to perform a first action on the virtual object, send a message to at least one of the users that subscribe to the virtual object.
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1. A server device, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory communicatively coupled to said processor;
said memory comprising executable code that causes said processor, upon execution of said executable code, to;maintain a database comprising a number of avatars and a virtual object distinct from said avatars; maintain a database of users that subscribe to said virtual object; and in response to receiving a request from a non-subscriber user to perform a first action on said virtual object, send a message to at least one of said users that subscribe to said virtual object; wherein said at least one of said users that subscribe to said virtual object comprises any user subscribing to said virtual object that has performed an action on said virtual object that is the same as said first action performed by said non-subscriber user on said virtual object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product for managing a virtual object, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage memory device having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code configured to store said virtual object in a database, wherein said virtual object is not an avatar; computer readable program code configured to, in response to a non-subscriber user performing a first action on said virtual object, send a message to at least one user that subscribes to said virtual object; and computer readable program code configured to report, to at least one of said users that subscribe to said virtual object, an identification of a community that the non-subscriber user joins, said report occurring after the request from the non-subscriber user to perform said first action on said virtual object. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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