Patent ID: 9324021
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A63F,G06N,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for avoiding non-intentional separation of avatars in a virtual world, comprising: detecting, by a processor, a first avatar seeking to enter a first location; querying, by the processor, a friend list of the first avatar; comparing, by the processor, the friend list to a group of avatars in the first location; notifying, by the processor, at least one of a first user of the first avatar and another user of each avatar of the group of avatars in the first location that are on the friend list of the first avatar about joining the first avatar and each avatar of the group of avatars that are on the friend list in the first location; determining, by the processor, a capacity of the first location in response to an indication that the first avatar and each avatar of the group avatars on the friend list of the first avatar wanting to join together; providing, by the processor, a second location substantially identical to said first location in response to an indication that the first avatar and each avatar of the group avatars on the friend list of the first avatar wanting to join together and the capacity of the first location being exceeded by joining the first avatar and each avatar of the group of avatars on the friend list; and transporting, by the processor, the first avatar and each avatar of the group of avatars on the friend list of the first avatar that want to join together to the second location in response to the capacity of the first location being exceeded by joining the first avatar and each avatar of the group of avatars on the friend list that want to join together.