Patent ID: 7870074

Claim:
A method comprising: a machine, which is communicatively coupled with a first set of one or more servers and a second set of one or more servers, evaluating one or more performance metrics of a plurality of virtual universes against one or more indicated performance metric constraints; the machine selecting a first virtual universe from the plurality of virtual universes based, at least in part, on said evaluating the one or more performance metrics of the plurality of virtual universes against the one or more indicated performance metric constraints; transferring an avatar from the first set of one or more servers that hosts a current virtual universe of the avatar to the second set of one or more servers that hosts the first virtual universe responsive to the machine selecting the first virtual universe from the plurality of virtual universes based, at least in part, on said evaluating the one or more performance metrics against the one or more indicated performance metric constraints; and wherein said transferring the avatar from a current virtual universe of the avatar to the first virtual universe further comprises maintaining state data associated with the avatar from the current virtual universe to the first virtual universe.