Patent ID: 8862482
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for managing connections between a virtual world and a social network, the method comprising: executing by a processor residing on an information processing system, the following: analyzing a set of virtual world information associated with a virtual world and a set of social network information associated with a social network; generating, based on the analyzing, a two-dimensional graph comprising a plurality of vertices, wherein each vertex represents a respective one of virtual world information in the set of virtual world information and social network information in the set of social network information, and wherein each vertex is coupled to at least one other vertex by a respective edge, at least one edge of the graph coupling a first vertex representing virtual world information and a second vertex representing social network information, thereby connecting the virtual world information to the social network information; determining, in response to the generating, that at least one vertex in the plurality of vertices is an articulation point having a respective edge, within the two-dimensional graph, wherein the removal of the respective edge of the articulation point causes disconnection of the virtual world information from the social network information within the graph; and notifying, via a graphical user interface in response to the determining, a user associated with at least one of the virtual world information and the social network information that the graph comprises the articulation point.