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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2008
Michele P. Brignull, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Anne R. Sand, Peyton, CO (US);
James W. Seaman, Falls Church, VA (US);
Michele P. Brignull, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Anne R. Sand, Peyton, CO (US);
James W. Seaman, Falls Church, VA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method to enable product trials and, in particular, to dynamically collect information relating to the product trials. The system includes a tagging engine configured to tag one or more products, which are part of a product trial in a virtual universe. The system also includes a tracking engine configured to track information on the one or more products via a tag and a storage unit configured to collect the tracked information for marketing and/or advertising purposes.