Patent ID: 9610502
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A63F,G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for controlling art avatar in a virtual environment, comprising; receiving a request from an avatar in a virtual environment to access a first virtual location; associating the avatar to a user; determining a physical location corresponding to the user; generating an entry status parameter, based upon a relationship between the physical location and the first virtual location that indicates whether or not the avatar is permitted to access the first virtual location, wherein the first virtual location is not a representation of the physical location; allowing the avatar to access the first virtual location if the entry status parameter indicates that the avatar is permitted to access the first virtual location; and denying the avatar access to the first virtual location if the entry status parameter indicates that the avatar is not permitted to access the first virtual location; determining a physical location corresponding to a second user, wherein the generating the entry status parameter also takes into account a physical location corresponding to the second user.