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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2008
Brian R. Bokor, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daniel E. House, Raleigh, NC (US);
William B. Nicol, Ii, Durham, NC (US);
Peter F. Haggar, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew B. Smith, Morrisville, NC (US);
Brian R. Bokor, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daniel E. House, Raleigh, NC (US);
William B. Nicol, II, Durham, NC (US);
Peter F. Haggar, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew B. Smith, Morrisville, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Mapping of a universal resource locator (URL) to a virtual world location may include receiving a URL for access to an entity, accessing a mapping of the URL to coordinates of a location of the entity in a virtual world, and providing access to the entity in the virtual world. A device that may include a network interface, the network interface being configured to receive a URL and provide access to a virtual world, and a memory, the memory containing at least one mapping of a URL to coordinates in the virtual world.