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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2009
Cary Lee Bates, Rochester, MN (US);
Jim Chun-ta Chen, Rochester, MN (US);
Zachary Adam Garbow, Rochester, MN (US);
Gregory Edward Young, South St. Paul, MN (US);
Cary Lee Bates, Rochester, MN (US);
Jim Chun-Ta Chen, Rochester, MN (US);
Zachary Adam Garbow, Rochester, MN (US);
Gregory Edward Young, South St. Paul, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus associate a computed trust level to avatars that interact with one another in a simulated environment. The avatars may represent legitimate users of the virtual world or spammers. System monitoring of each avatar provides ability to recognize potential spammers and create an alternate indication of the spammers. A user index may be used to store data describing attributes of each avatar for analysis using programs stored in memory.