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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2009
Brian Ronald Bokor, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew Bryan Smith, Morrisville, NC (US);
Peter Frederick Haggar, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daniel Edward House, Raleigh, NC (US);
William Bruce Nicol, Ii, Durham, NC (US);
Brian Ronald Bokor, Raleigh, NC (US);
Andrew Bryan Smith, Morrisville, NC (US);
Peter Frederick Haggar, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daniel Edward House, Raleigh, NC (US);
William Bruce Nicol, II, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for mapping transactions between a real world and a virtual world may include receiving information associated with a real world item at a virtual business object (VBO) controller. Information associated with a user is received at the VBO controller. In response to receiving by the VBO controller a decision to buy the real world item, the VBO controller generates a VBO, which includes the information associated with the real world item. In response to receiving at the VBO controller a decision not to buy the real world item, the VBO controller generates a VBO light, which includes the information associated with the real world item. Either the generated VBO or the VBO light is transmitted to a VBO inventory database associated with the user based on the user's information.