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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
George R. Dolbier, Banks, OR (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Neil A. Katz, Parkland, FL (US);
Brian M. O'connell, Cary, NC (US);
George R. Dolbier, Banks, OR (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Neil A. Katz, Parkland, FL (US);
Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for providing virtual world functionality to a user of a base virtual world having base virtual world functionality, includes providing a virtual world layer having virtual world layer functionality beyond the base virtual world functionality, encapsulating the virtual world layer to provide a virtual world module and transmitting the virtual world module to virtual world layer infrastructure to provide a transmitted virtual world module. The transmitted virtual world module is executed to provide user access to the base virtual world functionality and the virtual world layer functionality.