Patent ID: 8869044

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: determining, by operation of one or more processors, an online presence of a first user in a first virtual environment; identifying an online presence of at least a second user in a second virtual environment; determining whether a precondition for jumping the first user is satisfied, the precondition specifying at least one of a capacity limit or one or more requirements for entry into a virtual room, virtual world instance, or virtual world in which the online presence of the second user is located; and if the precondition is satisfied, reserving a position for the first user in the second virtual environment and presenting an indication to the first user that a jump is available, wherein the jump is invoked to move the online presence of the first user from a current location within the first virtual environment to a target location in the second virtual environment, and wherein the online presence of the second user is at the target location in the second virtual environment, and wherein: the first virtual environment comprises a first room in a virtual world and the second virtual environment comprises a second room in the virtual world, the first virtual environment comprises a first instance of a virtual world, the second virtual environment comprises a second instance of the virtual world, and the first instance of the virtual world and the second instance of the virtual world share a common authentication system such that the second instance of the virtual world validates authentication credentials associated with the first user as part of the lump without requiring the first user to present authentication credentials to the second instance of the virtual world, or the first virtual environment comprises a first virtual world, the second virtual environment comprises a second virtual world, and the first virtual world and the second virtual world share a common authentication system such that the second virtual world validates authentication credentials associated with the first user as part of the lump, without requiring the first user to present authentication credentials to the second virtual world.