Patent Document ID: 9607442
Application ID: 15050962
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for controlling display of an object on a display device comprising: determining whether one or more levels of enhancement rendering on the display device is to be applied to the object displayed on the display device; obtaining instructions describing the one or more levels of the enhancement rendering of the object; determining a status of a user; providing one or more levels of the enhancement rendering of the object in a virtual universe by augmenting the display of the object on the display device based on the status of the user viewing the object, the status of the user being related to one or more actions taken by the user within the virtual universe; and permitting the user to access a context menu prior to obtaining the instructions describing the one or more levels of the enhancement rendering of the object, wherein the augmenting the object on the display device includes at least one of increasing: a refresh rate of the object; a geometric detail of the object; and a color palette, and wherein the context menu shows the number of levels of enhancement available to the user for the object and a list of attributes associated with the levels of enhancement including the object's geometric detail, the color palette and the refresh rate associated with each of the levels of enhancement.