Patent ID: 9608890
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A presentation control device configured to receive external notifications of events that take place in a virtual space from user devices where the presentation control device is within the vicinity of the user devices, the one or more processors configured to execute one or more computer program instructions which cause the presentation control device to: receive a first notification intended for a first user from a first user device, the first notification corresponding to a first trigger event that takes place in the virtual space, wherein the first user interacts with one or more entities within the virtual space that is accessible via the first user device; receive a second notification intended for a second user from a second user device, the second notification corresponding to a second trigger event that takes place in the virtual space, wherein the second user interacts with one or more entities within the virtual space that is accessible via the second user device; determining an order of display in which the first notification and the second notification should be arranged at least in part based on user parameters related to the first user and the second user, wherein the order of display in which the first notification and the second notification will be presented indicates a spatial arrangement of contemporaneous display of the first notification and the second notification within a view presented via a display unit coupled to the presentation control device, and wherein the user parameters comprise an activity metric that quantifies activity of the first user or the second user in the virtual space such that the order of display indicating the spatial arrangement of contemporaneous display of the first notification and the second notification is determined based on the activity metric; and display, via the display unit coupled to the presentation control device, the first notification and the second notification according to the determined order of display.