Patent ID: 8032799
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing server performance degradation in a virtual universe (VU) having one or more regions, the VU having at least one VU server assigned to serve the one or more regions, at least one of the regions having one or more residents therein, the method comprising: determining server load on a VU server; determining whether the server load has exceeded a prespecified server load threshold; if the server load has exceeded the prespecified server load threshold, reducing the server load by performing at least one of the following: reducing a level of detail in geometries transmitted from the VU server, reducing a number and complexity of textures, and removing a set of residents from the one or more regions of the virtual universe; determining if a server failure is imminent; and if a server failure is imminent, providing a notification to the residents of the one or more regions, wherein residents with a higher priority are alerted to the imminent failure of the server prior to residents with a lower priority.