Patent ID: 8458352
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: A63F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: a computer system receiving data collected by a virtual universe server collecting data from a plurality of virtual universe objects collectively designated as a data source in the virtual universe for a data feed, wherein the plurality of virtual universe objects comprise a building in the virtual universe, and wherein the plurality of virtual universe objects comprise a first virtual universe object that contains one or more additional virtual universe objects; the computer system aggregating the data collected by the virtual universe server into the data feed, wherein the data comprises data defining an interaction between the plurality of virtual universe objects and a plurality of avatars, wherein the interaction comprises at least one of a number of sales, a number of the plurality of avatars in the building, and demographics of the number of the plurality of avatars in the building; and the computer system distributing the data feed to one or more feed readers external to the virtual universe at a defined time interval, and distributing the data feed as a continuous stream of updates to a subset of the one or more feed readers.