Patent ID: 8887072

Claim:
A computer implemented method for managing a set of entities, each controlling a virtual environment of a plurality of virtual environments in which user representations are acting, wherein the computer is programmed to perform the steps of the method, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: monitoring at least one of: at least one characteristic of each of said entities; or at least one characteristic of said corresponding virtual environment, and said monitoring step comprises a sub-step of checking distribution of the user representations in each of said plurality of virtual environments according to at least one predetermined distribution parameter, controlling a possibility of transferring said at least one representation of a user from a first virtual environment to a second virtual environment of the plurality of virtual environments, and after controlling the possibility of transferring, performing at least one of proposing to transfer or transferring at least one of said user representations from the first virtual environment to the second virtual environment, according to said at least one monitored characteristic, comprising: making a proposal to said user to transfer the user's representation from said first virtual environment to said second virtual environment; processing a response received from said user following said step of making a proposal so as to determine the user's assent to or refusal of a transfer of the user's representation; and in an event of assent by said user, transferring the representation of said user from said first virtual environment to said second virtual environment.