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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2009
Igor Y. Gershfang, Chicago, IL (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Neil A. Katz, Parkland, FL (US);
James W. Seaman, Falls Church, VA (US);
Adam R. Snopek, Chicago, IL (US);
Richard Young, Chicago, IL (US);
Igor Y. Gershfang, Chicago, IL (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Neil A. Katz, Parkland, FL (US);
James W. Seaman, Falls Church, VA (US);
Adam R. Snopek, Chicago, IL (US);
Richard Young, Chicago, IL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides various approaches for disseminating emergency broadcasting messages or other messages of importance (hereinafter 'alerts') within virtual world environments such that interested virtual world residents can be made aware of matters of importance based on their physical world locations (e.g., without respect to the locale of their current virtual world presence).