System and method for bridging communication services between virtual worlds and the real world

US8560955B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Rittwik Jana · Montville, US
• Andrea Basso · Torino, IT
• Giuseppe Di Fabbrizio · Brookline, US
• David Crawford Gibbon · Lincroft, US
• Bernard S. Renger · New Providence, US
• Bin Wei · Tangxia, CN
• Yih-Farn Chen · Bound Brook, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 20, 2008
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2013
• Expiry date: Dec 8, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2300/5533
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system includes a gateway operative to couple the system to a user. The system further includes a first infolet coupled to the gateway, and operative to couple the system to a first virtual world application, a second infolet coupled to the gateway and to the first infolet, and operative to couple the system to a real world application. The system is operable to obtain first information requested by the user from the second infolet and send the first information to the virtual world application through the first infolet.