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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:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Abbott Purdy Brush, II, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Christopher Arnell Gage, Raleigh, NC (US);
David Bruce Lection, Raleigh, NC (US);
David Allen Schell, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345333 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for encasing one or more virtual objects in a container for delivery in a virtual world. The container can be opened by automatic time-out, simple manual opening or security-enforced manual opening. The container can hide all or part of the virtual objects, filter events to or from the objects, present advertising information, group multiple objects and enforce access security checkpoints.
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