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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Michael Negley Abernethy, Jr., Pflugerville, TX (US);
Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, TX (US);
Daniel E. Morris, Round Rock, TX (US);
Nazgol Sedghi, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Negley Abernethy, Jr., Pflugerville, TX (US);
Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, TX (US);
Daniel E. Morris, Round Rock, TX (US);
Nazgol Sedghi, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for updating contact information according to metadata associated with a virtual world. In response to an avatar of a first user interacting with an avatar of a second user in a virtual world, information comprising a name of the avatar of the second user and metadata associated with the avatar of the second user is sent to the first user. In response to receiving the information, contact information associated with the name of the avatar of the second user is determined. The contact information is organized based on the metadata to form organized contact information. The organized contact information is prioritized according to the metadata to form prioritized contact information. The prioritized contact information is stored.