Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090287707 | Method to Manage Inventory Using Degree of Separation Metrics - A method for shared management of a virtual avatar's inventory using degrees of separation metrics. The user wishing to share his inventory associates other users with indicia representing the degrees of separation between the user creating the associations and the other users. The user associates the degree of separation indicia with a policy that defines the other users' allowed actions in shared management of the inventory. | 11-19-2009 |
20100023476 | LOCATION/EVENT BASED DICTIONARIES TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION IN A VIRTUAL WORLD LOCATION - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to jargon usage in a location in a virtual world and provide a method, system and computer program product for location and event based dictionaries to facilitate communication in location in a virtual world. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for communication facilitation in a location within the virtual world can include identifying jargon in a message exchanged in a location in a virtual world, looking up a glossary entry for the jargon in a dictionary of jargon for the location in the virtual world, and rendering the glossary entry in connection with the jargon in the message. | 01-28-2010 |
20100036823 | PROVIDING LOCATION BASED INFORMATION IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - A method, information processing system, and virtual environment, provide location information to users in the virtual environment. A first user is determined to be communicating with a second user in a virtual environment. One of the first user and the second user is determined to have entered a character set substantially matching a keyword in a database entry. Location information associated with the keyword is identified. The location information indicates a location within the virtual environment. The location information is linked to the character set. The character set is visually changed to indicate to the first user and the second user that location information has been linked to the character set. | 02-11-2010 |
20100042648 | ORDERING CONTENT IN SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATIONS - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for ordering content in social networking applications are described. A plurality of shared content pieces are received, that are viewable and accessible by at least one viewer. The shared content pieces are displayed in an initial order, wherein the displayed shared content pieces are accessed in a viewer order determined by an individual viewer. The viewer order and the identity of the individual viewer are received and stored in a data store, and the initial order is changed based at least in part upon at least one of the viewer order and the identity of the individual viewer, thereby providing an adjusted order. | 02-18-2010 |
20100125494 | ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE SHIPPING SELECTION - Methods, devices and systems are provided for enabling the selection of a shipping option responsive to an environmental preference. A user indicates a shipping criteria preference including an environmental impact weighting. A cost value of each of a plurality of shipping options is determined including an environmental impact cost. A shipping options is selected and implemented for a shipping of an item as a function of the indicated environmental impact weighting. Each of the plurality of shipping option cost values may be dynamically recalculated and the status of at least one of the shipping options updated, the updating determining a change in value a shipping option cost value, an implemented selected shipping option changed to another of the plurality of shipping options as a function of the status updating. | 05-20-2010 |
20100174617 | GESTURE EXCHANGE VIA COMMUNICATIONS IN VIRTUAL WORLD APPLICATIONS - A method, system and computer-readable medium are disclosed for exchanging gestures in a virtual world application. In one embodiment, the virtual world application determines whether a first avatar has a gesture exchange function enabled. If so, the virtual world application displays words communicated by a first user to a second user during the communication session and identifies a keyword among the communicated words corresponding to a gesture in a user inventory of the first avatar. | 07-08-2010 |
20100175002 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RATING EXCHANGEABLE GESTURES VIA COMMUNICATIONS IN VIRTUAL WORLD APPLICATIONS - A method, system and computer-readable medium are disclosed for rating exchangeable gestures in a virtual world application. The method includes making a gesture owned by a first user of the virtual world application available to a second user of the virtual world application; in response to the second user providing a rating of the gesture, storing the rating in a repository of the first user, determining a rating metric of the gesture using at least the rating received from the second user, and communicating the rating metric to a third user of the virtual world application. | 07-08-2010 |
20110113382 | ACTIVITY TRIGGERED PHOTOGRAPHY IN METAVERSE APPLICATIONS - A system, method and program product for collecting image data from within a metaverse. A system is provided that includes: a graphical user interface (GUI) for allowing a user to install and administer a camera within the metaverse; a system for collecting image data from the camera based on an occurrence of a triggering event associated with the camera; and a system for storing or delivering the image data for the user. | 05-12-2011 |
20120278730 | ORDERING CONTENT IN SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATIONS - Ordering content in social networking applications is described. A plurality of shared content pieces are received, that are viewable and accessible by at least one viewer, wherein the shared content pieces are configured for display in an initial order, wherein the shared content pieces are accessed in a viewer order determined by an individual viewer. The viewer order and the identity of the individual viewer are received and stored in a data store, and the initial order is changed based at least in part upon at least one of the viewer order and the identity of the individual viewer, thereby providing an adjusted order. The changing of the initial order is performed after a predetermined period of time and is based at least in part upon at least one of viewer orders and identities of individual viewers for a plurality of viewers in the data store. | 11-01-2012 |
20130262969 | ORDERING CONTENT IN SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATIONS - Ordering content in social networking applications is described. A method includes receiving a plurality of shared content pieces that are viewable and accessible by at least one viewer, wherein the shared content pieces are received from a personal web page owner. The method includes displaying the shared content pieces in an initial order, wherein the displayed shared content pieces are accessed in a viewer order determined by an individual viewer. The method includes receiving and storing the viewer order and an identity of the individual viewer in a data store. The method includes receiving approval from the personal web page owner to change the initial order. The method includes, in response to receiving the approval from the personal web page owner, changing the initial order based at least in part upon at least one of the viewer order and the identity of the individual viewer, thereby providing an adjusted order. | 10-03-2013 |
20140207700 | ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE SHIPPING SELECTION - The selection of a shipping option responsive to an environmental preference is enabled. A user may indicate a shipping criteria preference including an environmental impact weighting. A cost value of each of a plurality of shipping options is determined including an environmental impact cost. A shipping option is selected and implemented for a shipping of an item as a function of the indicated environmental impact weighting. Each of the plurality of shipping option cost values may be dynamically recalculated and the status of at least one of the shipping options updated, the updating determining a change in value a shipping option cost value, an implemented selected shipping option changed to another of the plurality of shipping options as a function of the status updating. | 07-24-2014 |
20150062113 | ACTIVITY TRIGGERED PHOTOGRAPHY IN METAVERSE APPLICATIONS - A system, method and program product for collecting image data from within a metaverse. A system is provided that includes: a graphical user interface (GUI) for allowing a user to install and administer a camera within the metaverse; a system for collecting image data from the camera based on an occurrence of a triggering event associated with the camera; and a system for storing or delivering the image data for the user. | 03-05-2015 |