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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, VA (US);

Barry M. Graham, Silver Spring, MD (US);

Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);

Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04M 1/0297 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5553 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

In response to a teleport request, teleport destination characteristics are determined and compared against preferences, characteristics and restrictions of an avatar as indicated by metadata or tags to determine if the teleport destination is suitable for teleportation of that avatar. If the destination is found unsuitable, a search is conducted, preferably based on unmatched metadata of the avatar or the destination to suggest or directly substitute a suitable teleportation destination. Metadata for the avatar and the destination can include metadata which is dynamic (such as destination occupancy or processing capacity) adaptively developed or based on current or historical usage and virtual universe system status.


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