Patent ID: 9396260
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing, from a single lobby interface, a plurality of virtual world accounts, the method comprising: a computer automatically interfacing with a plurality of virtual world instances, each provided by a separate virtual world provider from among a plurality of virtual world providers, each interfaced with to access a separate one from among the plurality of virtual world accounts, to retrieve a separate selection of the inventory items from each of the plurality of virtual world accounts; the computer rendering an inventory directory index of each separate selection of inventory items collectively within the single lobby interface of the computer with at least one selectable option for managing each of the items in the inventory directory index from the single lobby interface; and the computer rendering within the single lobby interface a plurality of simultaneously accessible graphical portals comprising a separate graphical portal for each of the plurality of virtual accounts, wherein entry of each of the separate graphical portals from the single lobby interface triggers the computer to automatically open a virtual world specific interface window into a particular virtual world instance from among the plurality of virtual world instances provided under the particular virtual world account associated with the entered graphical portal; and wherein each user of each of the plurality of virtual world accounts provides separate account authorization information for each virtual world account with which the user interacts, and interacts via a user-specific avatar, with inventory items associated with each of the plurality of virtual world accounts.