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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1999
Applicants:
Simon Julian Powers, Suffolk, GB;
Jason Morphett, Suffolk, GB;
Inventors:
Simon Julian Powers, Suffolk, GB;
Jason Morphett, Suffolk, GB;
Assignee:
British Telecommunications public limited company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2006.01); G63F 9/24 (2006.01); G63F 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for predicting the likelihood of an avatar under the control of a user in a virtual environment moving with a predetermined range of a boundary as disclosed in which the movement of the avatar in the virtual environment is monitored for a period of time, a model of avatar movement is determined using the monitor movement, and the likelihood of the avatar movement within the predetermined of a boundary is predicted using the model.