Patent ID: 6219045
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: A63F,G06F,G06N,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
In a system for interaction between a plurality of users in a three-dimensional, computer-generated graphical space where the system includes at least one server coupling a plurality of clients where each client addresses a client display, a method of representing interactions among the plurality of clients on a display of a target client comprising the steps of:identifying a position of a local avatar of a user of the target client, the position being a position relative to the graphical space;determining a maximum displayable avatar count for the target client;determining a total avatar count for the server, wherein the total avatar count indicates the number of clients connected to the server;when the total avatar count is greater than the maximum displayable avatar count for the target client, limiting the number of avatars processed by the target client to the maximum displayable avatar count, wherein the step of limiting is performed at the target client; anddisplaying, on the client display, the avatars processed by the target client.