Patent ID: 9069442
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for deploying an application for acquiring resources from a client computer during a user session with a virtual universe, comprising: providing a computer infrastructure configured to: invocate a local desktop session that displays a desktop interface onto a client computer during the user session with the virtual universe, wherein the desktop interface on the client computer has a boundary that is separate and distinct from a boundary associated with the virtual universe, the user session with the virtual universe being paused in response to invocating the local desktop session, wherein an avatar of a user from the virtual universe is rendered on the desktop interface; enable the avatar to navigate within the desktop interface using user-manipulated avatar controls; permit the avatar to acquire resources from the client computer by selecting a file from a window via the desktop interface through an action menu that allows the avatar to copy the selected file to an inventory associated with the avatar using the user-manipulated avatar controls, wherein the desktop interface displays the avatar acquiring the resources while rendered thereon; enable the avatar to return to the virtual universe session with the acquired resources from the desktop interface by selecting a return action from the action menu using the user-manipulated avatar controls, wherein the local desktop session is terminated when the user session with the virtual universe is reestablished; and manage acquired resources upon return to the virtual universe session, wherein managing acquired resources assigns acquired resources a unique identifier and loads the acquired resources into a virtual universe database.