Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – Automated electrical financial or business practice or... – Inventory management
Reexamination Certificate
2008-09-04
2011-10-18
Champagne, Luna (Department: 3627)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
Automated electrical financial or business practice or...
Inventory management
C705S052000, C463S042000, C715S757000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08041614
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to inventory item expiration and renewal in a virtual universe. A method for in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention provides at least one item in the inventory of an avatar with metadata specifying whether the item must be renewed and how often. Instructions are obtained regarding a renewal of the item and the item is renewed based on the instructions.
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Bhogal Kulvir S.
Hamilton, II Rick A.
Pickover Clifford A.
Sand Anne R.
Champagne Luna
Hoffman Warnick LLC
International Business Machines - Corporation
Schiesser William
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