Providing location information within a virtual world

Details Providing location information within a virtual world Providing location information within a virtual world

2008-09-11

2011-12-20

Boccio, Vincent (Department: 2158)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database and file access

Post processing of search results

C707S748000, C707S751000, C715S757000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08082245

ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for providing information describing locations to users of an immersive virtual environment. In one embodiment, patterns of locations visited by various users of the virtual environment may be stored in a searchable data structure(s). Further, characteristics of the location visits may be used to determine whether a given location visit was favorable for each user. Subsequently, locations visited by a current user may be matched to one of the stored patterns of locations. The matching pattern may then be used to provide favorability information describing other locations available to the current user. The favorability information may be presented to the user as graphical indications visible within the user's view of the virtual environment.

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