Creation and prioritization of multiple virtual universe teleports in response to an event
First Claim
1. A method of operating a virtual universe system on a plurality of networked data processors to provide a service, said method comprising configuring at least one data processor of said plurality of data processors to provideattributes of an environment and objects and/or avatars therein from which a representation of that environment, objects and/or avatars can be established in said virtual universe and rendered for display to a user;
- an alert detector to detect an event in said virtual universe system;
a resource table for indicating portions of said environment related to said event;
one or more lists of tasks corresponding to locations based on portions of said environment indicated to be related to said event by said resource table;
priority logic for prioritizing entries in said lists forming a stack of prioritized locations and associated tasks at respective said locations in accordance with said event; and
a stack output to output contents of said stack, in order, as teleportation invitations.
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Abstract
Useful work or services can be automated or otherwise facilitated or solutions to real world events developed by emulation of a real-world environment (which can contain objects representing virtual objects) with a virtual environment and generating a prioritized sequence of locations and associated tasks in accordance with resources related to the event in a virtual universe. Performance of the prioritized tasks at the prioritized locations is facilitated in the virtual universe by locally generating teleportation invitations corresponding to locations in the ordered sequence of locations.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operating a virtual universe system on a plurality of networked data processors to provide a service, said method comprising configuring at least one data processor of said plurality of data processors to provide
attributes of an environment and objects and/or avatars therein from which a representation of that environment, objects and/or avatars can be established in said virtual universe and rendered for display to a user; -
an alert detector to detect an event in said virtual universe system; a resource table for indicating portions of said environment related to said event; one or more lists of tasks corresponding to locations based on portions of said environment indicated to be related to said event by said resource table; priority logic for prioritizing entries in said lists forming a stack of prioritized locations and associated tasks at respective said locations in accordance with said event; and a stack output to output contents of said stack, in order, as teleportation invitations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of forming a prioritized itinerary for teleportation of an avatar in a virtual universe in response to an event, said method comprising:
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providing attributes of an environment and objects and/or avatars therein from which a representation of that environment, objects and/or avatars can be established in said virtual universe and rendered for display to a user; receiving, at a location in said environment, an indication of an event; determining a plurality of locations in said environment and one or more tasks which correspond to said event at respective locations of said plurality of locations in said environment; prioritizing said plurality of locations and tasks at respective locations of said plurality of locations in accordance with said event to form a prioritized list of said locations as said prioritized itinerary; and issuing teleportation invitations corresponding to said locations in sequence in accordance with a result of said prioritizing step. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product for forming a prioritized itinerary for teleportation of an avatar in a virtual universe in response to an event, said computer program product comprising a computer readable medium storing non-transitory signals comprising a computer program;
- which computer program, when run on a data processor, causes said data processor to perform steps of;
providing attributes of an environment and objects and/or avatars therein from which a representation of that environment, objects and/or avatars can be established in said virtual universe and rendered for display to a user; receiving, at a location in said environment, an indication of an event; determining a plurality of locations in said environment and one or more tasks which correspond to said event at respective locations of said plurality of said locations in said environment; prioritizing said plurality of locations and tasks at respective locations of said plurality of locations in accordance with said event to form a prioritized list of said locations as said prioritized itinerary; and issuing teleportation invitations corresponding to said locations in sequence in accordance with a result of said prioritizing step. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
- which computer program, when run on a data processor, causes said data processor to perform steps of;
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