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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1996
Norman Morse, Oakland, CA (US);
Jeffrey Douglas, San Jose, CA (US);
Fujitsu Software Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer system including computers interconnected by a network creates a virtual world in which computer users can interact with each other. Each user is represented graphically on computers' displays. Other objects (trees, buildings, and so on) are also represented. Each user can control its own representation in the virtual world to communicate with other users, to buy things, to move from place to place. A user may be given supervisory powers to have additional control over images on the displays. For example, a user having supervisory powers can summon other users, restrict other users' representations' ability to speak or move, create, delete or modify virtual objects in the virtual world. Convenient user interface is provided to exercise the supervisory powers.