Patent ID: 8200261

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for providing information related to a virtual environment, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving first input identifying a condition related to the virtual environment for which a notification is to be provided to a mobile wireless communication device; determining that the condition is occurring; determining whether the condition is within a predetermined distance of the mobile wireless communication device; responsive to determining that the condition is within the predetermined distance, providing the notification to the mobile wireless communication device of the condition; receiving second input instructing that the notification corresponding to the condition related to the virtual environment be sent to the mobile wireless communication device of a user and that a further notification corresponding to the condition related to a further virtual environment be sent to a further mobile wireless communication device of the user; upon determining that the condition is related to the virtual environment, then providing the notification to the mobile wireless communication device; and upon determining that the condition is related to the further virtual environment, then providing the further notification to the further mobile wireless communication device.