Patent ID: 8024407
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G06F,G06N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing for a virtual world provided by a first server access to a resource residing on a second server unaffiliated with the virtual world, the method comprising: (a) providing, by a virtual world client executing on a client device, a virtual world using data received from a virtual world application executing on a first server, the data comprising at least one virtual world object; (b) receiving, by the virtual world application, from the virtual world client, a request to access a resource residing on a second server unaffiliated with the virtual world; (c) connecting, by the virtual world application, to the requested resource residing on the second server using a presentation layer protocol data stream; (d) generating, by the virtual world application, output data using the requested resource residing on the second server over the presentation layer protocol data stream; (e) transmitting, by the virtual world application, to the virtual world client using the presentation layer protocol data stream, the output data generated using the requested resource and data representative of a modified version of the at least one virtual world object; and (f) displaying, by the virtual world client, the output data generated using the requested resource and the at least one virtual world object provided by the virtual world application in the virtual world provided by the virtual world client.