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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:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2008
Rosa M. Bolger, Austin, TX (US);
Ann Corrao, Raleigh, NC (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Brian M. O'connell, Cary, NC (US);
Brian J. Snitzer, Lancaster, PA (US);
Rosa M. Bolger, Austin, TX (US);
Ann Corrao, Raleigh, NC (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, NC (US);
Brian J. Snitzer, Lancaster, PA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An invention for prioritized rendering of objects in a virtual universe is provided. In one embodiment, there is a prioritization tool including a value component configured to assign a value to each of a set of items within an inventory of an avatar. A priority component is configured to compare a set of objects in the virtual universe to the value assigned to each of the set of items within the inventory of the avatar to determine a priority of each of the set of objects in the virtual universe. A rendering component is configured to render the set of objects in the virtual universe based on the priority of each of the set of objects in the virtual universe.