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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:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
May. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Ronald E. Van Buskirk, Ii, Boulder, CO (US);
David L. Wright, Sacramento, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ronald E. Van Buskirk, II, Boulder, CO (US);
David L. Wright, Sacramento, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique for advertising in a virtual-world includes installing an advertising gesture in an inventory of a user that has an associated avatar. The user is credited with a predetermined payment when the associated avatar performs the advertising gesture and the associated avatar is viewable on-screen when the advertising gesture is performed.