Patent ID: 8285790
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: A63F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for tracking avatar activities within a virtual universe domain, comprising: defining a permissible proximity threshold of an avatar which symbolizes a user who is accessing the virtual universe domain with respect to a proximity of the avatar to a specified artifact of concern within a virtual universe domain screen display of a computer virtual universe client application of the user; tracking geographic positioning activity by the avatar within the virtual universe domain screen display generating activity data from the geographic positioning tracking; analyzing the activity data to determine an engagement event whenever an engagement of the avatar with the specified artifact is more proximate than the permissible proximity threshold; generating a report from the analyzing, the report noting each occurrence of the engagement event; and notifying a supervisory entity if the generated report notes an occurrence of the engagement event; wherein the specified artifact visually conveys objectionable image or text material to a viewer, the defined permissible proximity threshold is a virtual universe spatial perception threshold distance to the specified artifact beyond which the objectionable image or text material is unintelligible within a legible resolution range defined by screen pixel values of a graphic resolution of a virtual universe client application screen display of a user of the avatar, and the analyzing the activity data comprises determining a proximity of the avatar to the specified artifact within a common screen display and determining the engagement event if the specified artifact is more proximate to the visual artifact than the spatial perception threshold distance within the screen display.