Patent ID: 8606628

Claim:
A method for providing traceability in a Virtual Business Object (VBO) comprising: generating, by a computer, a first VBO in response to a transaction by a first avatar, the first VBO comprising components and actions that may be performed using the first VBO, wherein the transaction comprises a purchase of one of a product and a service by the first avatar, and the first VBO further comprising information about one of the product and the service purchased; providing, by the computer, the first VBO to the first avatar; creating a VBO light from the first VBO; attaching, by the computer, traceability information regarding the first avatar to the VBO light; providing the VBO light from the first avatar to a second avatar; add, by the computer, information to the VBO light to create a full second VBO in response to a purchase of one of the product and the service by the second avatar.