System and method for enhancing user accessibility in a virtual universe
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRick A. HAMILTON, II, Dimitri Kanevsky, Michael D. Kendzierski, Clifford A. Pickover
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Abstract
A system and method to enhance user accessibility in a virtual universe and, in particular, to enhance user accessibility by providing information and/or actions to users participating in the virtual universe. The system comprises an assignment engine configured to assign an accessibility unit to an item within a virtual universe and a detection engine configured to detect a triggering event, which triggers the accessibility unit. The system also comprises an accessibility action engine configured to provide at least one of information and an action to a user when the accessibility unit is triggered.
Claims25
A system comprising:
- an assignment engine configured to assign an accessibility unit to an item within a virtual universe;
- a detection engine configured to detect a triggering event, which triggers the accessibility unit;
- and
- an accessibility action engine configured to provide at least one of information and an action to a user when the accessibility unit is triggered.
A computer implemented method for enhancing accessibility in a virtual universe, comprising:
- adding an accessibility tag to a user's avatar;
- assigning an accessibility unit to an item;
- determining whether the accessibility unit is triggered;
- and
- providing one or more of an action and information if the accessibility unit is triggered.
A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to:
- associate an accessibility tag with a disabled user's avatar;
- assign an accessibility unit to an item in a virtual universe;
- determine whether the accessibility unit is triggered;
- and
- provide an action or information to the disabled user if the accessibility unit is triggered.
A method for deploying an application for enhancing accessibility in a virtual universe, comprising:
- providing a computer infrastructure being operable to:
- assign an accessibility tag to an avatar profile;
- assign one or more accessibility units to an item;
- ascertain whether at least one of the one or more accessibility units is triggered;
- and
- provide an action or information if the accessibility unit is triggered.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.