Patent ID: 7675519

Claim:
A computer including a storage medium storing a management application, the management application capable of immersing an avatar into at least an application and a second application, said application and said second application offering different functionality, said application operative to use said avatar to achieve a result in the real world the management application comprising: a data store to store data for said avatar, said data store including at least a first data field, a second data field, and a third data field, wherein said third data field operative to store real-world data about a user, and wherein the data store is operative to store said data according to a standard set by a certifying organization that is independent of the management application, said application, and said second application; a requester to request data fields used by said application; a selector to select data from the data store corresponding to said data fields, wherein said selected data includes said first data field and said third data field and does not include said second data field; an interface to immerse said avatar in said application by transmitting said selected data from the management application to said application and to receive updated data from said application; and an integrator to integrate said updated data with said data for said avatar in the data store, after which said avatar is capable of being immersed in either said application or said second application.