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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Brian Ronald Bokor, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew Bryan Smith, Morrisville, NC (US);
Inventors:
Brian Ronald Bokor, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew Bryan Smith, Morrisville, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
Responding to gestures made by third parties in a virtual world by receiving a gesture from a first avatar directed to at least one second avatar. For at least one second avatar, a reply gesture may be selected that corresponds to the received gesture. The reply gesture may be output for communication to the first avatar.