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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2022
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
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);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
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.