Distributed virtual environment

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2005-06-28

2005-06-28

An, Meng-Al T. (Department: 2126)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Computer conferencing

Cooperative computer processing

C715S771000, C717S104000

Reexamination Certificate

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06912565

ABSTRACT:
A distributed virtual environment includes one or more entities represented in the virtual environment by at least a conceptual entity-model, a dynamic entity-model and a visual entity-model each of the entity models being mutually independent. A server provides a conceptual-model manager, arranged to provide conceptual entity-models, one or more dynamic-model managers arranged to provide dynamic entity-models, and one or more client apparatuses arranged to provide a visual-model manager arranged to provide visual entity-models. Communications is arranged to allow transmission of messages between the conceptual-model manager, one or more dynamic-model managers and one or more visual-model managers.

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