Patent ID: 8321787
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a plurality of virtual world accounts, the method comprising: a computer automatically interfacing with a plurality of virtual world instances, each provided by a separate virtual world provider from among a plurality of virtual world providers, each interfaced with to access a separate one from among a plurality of virtual world accounts, to retrieve a separate selection of inventory items from each of the plurality of virtual world accounts by: the computer rendering the inventory directory index of each separate selection of inventory items collectively within a single lobby interface of the computer with at least one selectable option for managing each of the items in the inventory directory from the single lobby interface; and the computer rendering within the single lobby interface a separate graphical portal from among a plurality of graphical portals for each of the plurality of virtual accounts, wherein entry of each of the separate graphical portals from the single lobby interface triggers the computer to automatically open a virtual world specific interface window into a particular virtual world instance from among the plurality of virtual world instances provided under the particular virtual world account associated with the entered graphical portal.