Patent ID: 8140982

Claim:
A method for splitting a first virtual universe context by designating one or more avatars to be separated from the first virtual universe, said method comprising the steps of: selecting one or more avatars from a first virtual universe grid to form one or more selected avatars, said step of selecting comprising automatically selecting said one or more avatars on the basis that said one or more avatars have exceeded an activity threshold; instructing said first virtual universe grid to lock user accounts associated with said one or more selected avatars in order to prevent avatar or inventory modification to said selected one or more avatars, thereby forming locked avatars; retrieving and storing account, avatar, and inventory data for said locked avatars from said first virtual universe grid, said step of retrieving account, avatar, and inventory data comprising retrieving scripts associated with said locked avatars; commanding a second virtual universe grid, distinct from said first virtual universe grid, to generate one or more new universe user identifiers corresponding to said stored data; and commanding said second virtual universe grid to insert said one or more selected avatars into said second virtual universe grid.