Patent ID: 8345049
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: A63F,G06F,G06N,G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method to offer to move an avatar in a virtual universe, the computer implemented method comprising: a computer predicting a location selection to form a first prediction, wherein the first prediction is influenced by a first calculated likelihood of user selection; the computer rendering a first viewport in a computer display based on the first prediction, the first viewport comprising: the computer calculating a teleportation rationale, wherein the teleportation rationale comprises a value that corresponds to a prediction relating to a calculated likelihood of a user selection; the computer displaying indicia corresponding to the teleportation rationale proximate to the first user-control; the computer rendering a second viewport based on a second prediction influenced by a second calculated likelihood of user selection, the computer rendering the second viewport comprising the computer rendering in the second viewport at least one object in a computer display from a perspective distinct from a perspective of the first viewport, the second viewport comprising: the computer receiving an instruction from a user corresponding to the first user-control.