User actions in a physical space directing presentation of customized virtual environment

A computer system for adjusting virtual content in a virtual environment based on dwell time in a physical space, the computer system comprising:

• at least one processing component;
• at least one memory component;
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• program instructions stored on at least one of the at least one memory component for execution by the at least one processing component, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to receive definitions of zones in the physical space;
• program instructions to receive definitions of tags from the defined zones, wherein the defined tags describe categories of physical items within the defined zones, and wherein the defined tags comprise a first tag;
• program instructions to store the defined tags in a set of zone tags in the at least one memory component;
• program instructions to map the set of zone tags to the virtual content in the virtual environment;
• program instructions to create a user interest profile using physical actions of a user in the physical space, including:
• program instructions to receive, from a mobile device detector in the physical space, an indication that a mobile device is present within a first zone of the defined zones, wherein the first zone is tagged by the first tag;
• program instructions to, in response to the indication that the mobile device is in the first zone, determine a dwell time of the mobile device in the first zone, wherein the dwell time is an amount of time that the mobile device is detected by the mobile device detector within the first zone;
• program instructions to assign an interest level to the first tag using the dwell time of the mobile device in the first zone;
• program instructions to apply the user interest profile to a virtual environment, including:
• program instructions to receive a request for a web page from the user from a location outside of the physical space, wherein the web page includes at least two elements of virtual content;
• program instructions to map the first tag to the at least two elements of virtual content in the requested web page;
• program instructions to assign rankings to the at least two elements of the virtual content in the virtual environment for the user based on the assigned interest levels in the user interest profile and on the mapping;
• program instructions to generate a web page responsive to the web page request and the assigned rankings;
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• program instructions to transmit the generated web page to the user.

A computer program product for adjusting virtual content in a virtual environment based on dwell time in physical spaces, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory system per se, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the device to perform a method comprising:

• receiving definitions of zones in a physical space;
• receiving definitions of tags from the defined zones, wherein the defined tags describe categories of physical items within the defined zones, and wherein the defined tags comprise a first tag;
• storing the defined tags in a set of zone tags in a computer memory;
• creating a user interest profile using physical actions of a user in the physical space, including:
• receiving an indication from a mobile device detector that a mobile device is present within a first zone of the defined zones, wherein the first zone is tagged by the first tag;
• in response to the indication, determining a dwell time of the mobile device in the first zone, wherein the dwell time is an amount of time that the mobile device is detected by the mobile device detector within the first zone;
• assigning an interest level to the first tag using the dwell time of the mobile device in the first zone;
• applying, by a processor, the user interest profile to a virtual environment, including:
• receiving a request for a web page from the user from a location outside of the physical space, wherein the web page includes at least two elements of virtual content;
• mapping the first tag to the at least two elements of virtual content in the requested web page;
• assigning rankings to the at least two elements of the virtual content in the virtual environment for the user based on the assigned interest levels in the user interest profile and on the mapping;
• generating a web page responsive to the web page request and the assigned rankings;
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• transmitting the generated web page to the user.