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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2008
Christopher S. Alkov, Austin, TX (US);
Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, TX (US);
Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US);
Lisa A. Seacat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher S. Alkov, Austin, TX (US);
Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, TX (US);
Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US);
Lisa A. Seacat, San Francisco, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to virtual world management and provide a method, data processing system and computer program product for conversation detection in a virtual world. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for conversation management in a virtual world data processing system can include detecting a sequence of statements from at least two avatars in a virtual world, and locating the avatars in the virtual world, computing a temporal proximity of the statements. The statements can be grouped in the virtual world if the avatars are geographically proximate to one another in the virtual world and if the statements have occurred within a threshold temporal proximity of one another. Thereafter, the grouped statements can be persisted in the virtual world as a conversation.