Patent ID: 8655964
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: A63F,G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving first location data associated with a first location of a first communication device over a communications network at a server; receiving second location data associated with a second location of a second communication device over the communications network at the server; receiving first virtual location data associated with a first user of the first communication device over the communications network at the server, wherein the first virtual location data represents a first position of a first avatar in a virtual world generated by computer instructions, wherein the first avatar represents the first user; receiving second virtual location data associated with a second user of the second communication device over the communications network at the server, wherein the second virtual location data represents a second position of a second avatar in the virtual world generated by the computer instructions, wherein the second avatar represents the second user, wherein the first user is provided with the second location of the second communication device and the second position of the second avatar via the first avatar, and wherein the second user is provided with the first location of the first communication device and the first position of the first avatar via the second avatar; adjusting a multimedia session between the first communication device and the second communication device to simulate sounds and graphics experienced by the first avatar in the virtual world for presentation at the second communication device; and publishing to the virtual world the first and second locations and the first and second positions, wherein the publishing to the virtual world comprises enabling other users having other avatars in the virtual world to be presented with the first and second locations and the first and second positions.