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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2008
Rick A. Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Paul A. Moskowitz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Brian M. O'connell, Cary, NC (US);
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
James W. Seaman, Falls Church, VA (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Paul A. Moskowitz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, NC (US);
Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
James W. Seaman, Falls Church, VA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a method, system, and program product for reducing use of one or more computer resources. In one embodiment, the invention includes monitoring a user's interaction with a virtual universe, determining whether the user's interaction with the virtual universe is consistent with the user's attention being diverted from the virtual universe, determining whether a computer resource allocated to the user should be reduced, and in the case that the computer resource should be reduced, reducing the computer resource.