Patent ID: 8827816
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: A63F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of protecting a protected avatar from actions of a second avatar in a virtual universe, the method being implemented on a computer system that includes one or more physical processors executing one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising: identifying, by the computer system, a virtual universe item; monitoring, by the computer system, for an occurrence of at least one activity in a virtual universe, wherein the at least one activity comprises at least one of: (i) a second avatar adding the virtual universe item to an inventory of the second avatar; or (ii) the second avatar presenting the virtual universe item to a protected avatar; defining, by the computer system, a protective action associated with the at least one activity and executable against at least one of the protected avatar or the second avatar; and executing, by the computer system, the protective action against at least one of the protected avatar or the second avatar in response to the occurrence of the at least one activity.