Data processing: presentation processing of document – operator i – Operator interface – Computer supported collaborative work between plural users
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-30
2011-10-18
Sax, Steven (Department: 2174)
Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i
Operator interface
Computer supported collaborative work between plural users
C715S746000, C715S750000, C715S751000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08042051
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for providing for virtual communication and collaboration comprises a collaborative virtual environment (CVE) application executing within a distributed data processing system, and a navigation module implemented within the CVE application. The CVE application provides a virtual world represented as a grid of an interconnected set of locations each divided into a set of zones and each having an assigned context through a user interface provided to a plurality of users through one or more client systems. The CVE provides each user with a respective avatar representation for navigating and interacting within the locations of the virtual world. The navigation module provides a user interface element and automatically directs the avatar representation to traverse the set of zones the set of locations of the virtual world in a particular order of locations and at a particular.
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Jerrard-Dunne Stanley
Roche Michael
Cantor & Colburn LLP
International Business Machines - Corporation
Pham Linh
Sax Steven
Szeto Raymond
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