Method for extending a virtual environment through registration

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8957914
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12179798

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A method for providing virtual world functionality to a user of a base virtual world having base virtual world functionality and a base world list of base virtual world users, includes providing a virtual world layer, communicating to the base virtual world that the virtual world layer will overlay the base virtual world and adding the virtual world layer to the base world list in order to register the virtual world layer with the base virtual world.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dolbier, George R Banks, US 5 197
Hamilton,, II Rick A Charlottesville, US 885 14942
Katz, Neil A Parkland, US 87 2208
O'Connell, Brian M Cary, US 496 8746

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