Patent ID: 8161397
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: A63F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a local virtual world proxy, the method comprising: receiving a virtual world view, wherein the virtual world view is a graphical interface allowing a user to interact with objects by controlling an avatar representation of the user from within the virtual world view, wherein the virtual world view corresponds to a virtual world client; obtaining information about a real world digital resource available to the virtual world client, wherein the obtaining information includes discovering a digital service that is communicatively coupled to the virtual world client such that there is two-way communication between the real world digital resource and the virtual world client, wherein the real world digital resource has not been previously associated with a virtual world script for the virtual world view, and wherein the real world digital resource does not have an associated three dimensional image corresponding to the real world digital resource in particular; accessing a protocol library to determine a virtual world script that would best represent the real world digital resource with respect to protocols and procedures used to access the real world digital resource; fetching a virtual representation corresponding to the determined virtual world scrip; injecting the virtual representation into the virtual world view, such that the user can control the real world digital resource by controlling the user's avatar to interact virtually with the virtual representation from within the virtual world view; and forwarding the virtual world view to the virtual world client for display to a user of the virtual world client.