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Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2012
Applicants:

Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, VA (US);

Rick A. Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Michael J. Osias, Westtown, NY (US);

Brian W. Sledge, Shreveport, LA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, VA (US);

Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Michael J. Osias, Westtown, NY (US);

Brian W. Sledge, Shreveport, LA (US);

Assignee:

Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/4015 (2013.01); H04L 67/38 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention generally relates to virtual environments, and more particularly to systems and methods for communicating in virtual environments. A method of providing communication in a virtual universe (VU) includes instantiating and assigning an information channel to a first client of the VU, associating at least one additional client of the VU to the information channel, and conveying data placed on the information channel to the first client and the at least one additional client.


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