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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);

John P. Karidis, Ossining, NY (US);

Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Robert Wisniewski, Ossining, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2019.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 1/3203 (2019.01); G06F 1/329 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3234 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 1/329 (2013.01); G06F 1/3265 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for energy conservation in a virtual universe, the method comprising: determining, at a server, available energy conservation options associated with an avatar of the virtual universe; determining, at the server, selected energy conservation options of the available energy conservation options; and applying, at the server, the selected energy conservation options to portions of the virtual universe associated with the avatar.


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