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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Brian R. Bokor, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daniel E. House, Raleigh, NC (US);
William B. Nicol, II, Durham, NC (US);
Andrew B. Smith, Morrisville, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for perspective based tagging and visualization of avatars in a virtual world may include determining if another avatar has moved within a predetermined proximity range of a user's avatar in a virtual world. The system may also include allowing the user to tag the other avatar with information in response to the other avatar being within the predetermined proximity range of the user's avatar.