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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2007
Surinder S. Bimbra, Rochester, MN (US);
Derek Lee Bromenshenkel, Rochester, MN (US);
Zachary Adam Garbow, Rochester, MN (US);
Daniel Leonard Hiebert, Pine Island, MN (US);
Surinder S. Bimbra, Rochester, MN (US);
Derek Lee Bromenshenkel, Rochester, MN (US);
Zachary Adam Garbow, Rochester, MN (US);
Daniel Leonard Hiebert, Pine Island, MN (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method of managing content filters within a three dimensional (3D) immersive environment without compromising the visual and interactive integrity of the environment itself. In one embodiment, content may be selectively filtered by dynamically categorizing content within the immersive environment by tracking baseline avatar patterns. Once a pattern is identified between a given content element (i.e., some element of the environment which an avatar may interact with) and avatar interactions (or lack of interactions) with that content element, a filter may be defined and applied to that content element.