Providing location information within a virtual world

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8082245
APP PUB NO 20100076970A1
SERIAL NO

12208383

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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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  • ACTIVISION PUBLISHING, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bates, Cary L Rochester, US 200 4779
Day, Paul R Rochester, US 36 2066

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