Patent ID: 8161002

Claim:
A method for replicating virtual universe (VU) objects of a virtual universe, the method comprising the steps of: a computer determining a first set of VU objects associated with a first user; the computer determining replication priority values for the first set of VU objects utilizing predetermined replication priority value rules, wherein each VU object in the first set of VU objects has a replication priority value, and wherein the step of the computer determining the replication priority values for the first set of VU objects utilizing the predetermined replication priority values comprises: the computer incrementing the replication priority value of a first VU object in the first set of VU objects by a positive value responsive to a first determination; and the computer incrementing the replication priority value of a second VU object in the first set of VU objects by a negative value responsive to a second determination; the computer determining a second set of VU objects from the first set of VU objects based on the replication priority values associated with the first set of VU objects; and the computer replicating the second set of VU objects to a first device; wherein the predetermined replication priority value rules are based on a file size of a VU object, a visual size of the VU object on a display device, a proximity of the VU object to a user avatar in the virtual universe, and a field of view of the user avatar in the virtual universe.