Patent ID: 9245237
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,G16Z

Claim Text:
1. A method for generating a document file in a virtual universe, the method comprising the step of: a computer determining format information from graphical objects that have an appearance of a multi-page virtual document in the virtual universe, wherein the virtual universe is a computer-based simulated environment populated by one or more avatars, and wherein the step of the computer determining the format information comprises the computer determining that the graphical objects comprise graphical representations of text; the computer determining a relationship between the graphical objects, wherein the relationship indicates that the graphical objects are organized into a stack that represents page layers of the multi-page virtual document; the computer converting the graphical representations of text to textual characters; the computer generating the document file, in the virtual universe, with document pages that contain the textual characters; and the computer organizing the document pages based on the relationship between the graphical objects.