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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2007
Peter F. Haggar, Raleigh, NC (US);
Brian R. Bokor, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daniel E. House, Raleigh, NC (US);
William B. Nicol, Ii, Durham, NC (US);
Andrew B. Smith, Morrisville, NC (US);
Luis J. Ostdiek, Orangevale, CA (US);
Peter F. Haggar, Raleigh, NC (US);
Brian R. Bokor, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daniel E. House, Raleigh, NC (US);
William B. Nicol, II, Durham, NC (US);
Andrew B. Smith, Morrisville, NC (US);
Luis J. Ostdiek, Orangevale, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for automatically increasing a capacity of a virtual space in a virtual world. It is determined if an allowable number of avatars are currently in the virtual space, and a capacity of the virtual space is increased when the allowable number of avatars are currently in the virtual space. The capacity of the virtual space may be increased by spawning a replicate new virtual space. The capacity of the virtual space may also be increased by expanding a size of the virtual space. The virtual space may include any type of virtual space such as for example, a store, a business, an arena, a building, a land area, a room, etc. The allowable number of avatars may be a maximum avatar capacity for the virtual space, or may be an ideal avatar capacity for the virtual space.