Managing use limitations in a virtual universe resource conservation region

US8199145B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Rick A. Hamilton, II · Charlottesville, US
• Brian M. O'Connell · Morrisville, US
• Clifford A. Pickover · Yorktown Heights, US
• Keith R. Walker · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 11, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A virtual universe can include regions that conserve natural resource usage. A virtual universe natural resource conservation system (“system”) can determine that an avatar is accessing a natural resource conservation region in a virtual universe. The natural resource conservation region is supported with one or more devices that adhere to restrictions on natural resource usage. The system can also apply one or more virtual universe restrictions while the avatar is accessing the natural resource conservation region.