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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2000
Rachel K. E. Bellamy, Bedford, NY (US);
Jason B. Ellis, Atlanta, GA (US);
Thomas D. Erickson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Wendy A. Kellogg, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Mark R. Laff, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Peter K. Malkin, Arsdley, NY (US);
John T. Richards, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Philip S. Yu, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Tracee Wolf, Irvington, NY (US);
Rachel K. E. Bellamy, Bedford, NY (US);
Jason B. Ellis, Atlanta, GA (US);
Thomas D. Erickson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Wendy A. Kellogg, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Mark R. Laff, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Peter K. Malkin, Arsdley, NY (US);
John T. Richards, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Philip S. Yu, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Tracee Wolf, Irvington, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for representing users within an online environment. The method allows users to define environmental parameters for controlling user interaction, define user representation parameters of user data within the environment, capture user data from the users, build an abstract graphical display of the environment, and build a user representation within the abstract graphical display for each user's data.