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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2008
Jeffrey D. Amsterdam, Marietta, GA (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Brian M. O'connell, Cary, NC (US);
Keith R. Walker, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey D. Amsterdam, Marietta, GA (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Brian M. O'Connell, Cary, NC (US);
Keith R. Walker, Austin, TX (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method to modify audio components in an online environment based on avatar characteristics and/or inventory items. The system includes a component to allow one or more audio modification algorithms to be selected. The system also includes a component to identify one or more avatar characteristics and a component to identify one or more avatar inventory items. The system further comprises a component to modify an audio communication in a virtual universe based on at least one of the one or more audio modification algorithms, the one or more avatar characteristics, and the one or more avatar inventory items.