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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. 18, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2022
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Rashmi Palamadai, Naperville, IL (US);

Richard Palazzo, Stewartsville, NJ (US);

Eric Zavesky, Austin, TX (US);

Oliver Spatscheck, Denison, TX (US);

Ari Craine, Marietta, GA (US);

Robert Koch, Norcross, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/79 (2014.01); A63F 13/87 (2014.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/79 (2014.09); A63F 13/87 (2014.09); G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a first virtual location of a first avatar of a first user within a virtual environment, determining a second virtual location a second avatar of a second user within the virtual environment that is in proximity to the first virtual location, and determining that the second user has an untrusted relationship with the first user. Further embodiments include presenting on a user interface of a first communication device of the first user a group of actions for restricting personal identifiable (PI) data of the first user presented by the first avatar in the virtual environment to the second user, receiving a selection of a first action from the group of actions for restricting the PI data, and restricting presentation of the PI data in the virtual environment according to the first action. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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