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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsChristopher J. Dawson, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Brian M. O'Connell, Clifford A. Pickover, Keith R. Walker
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A virtual universe system has a system and method for identifying spam avatars based upon the avatar's behavior characteristics through the use of Turing tests. The system may provide a Turing test unit for performing Turing tests and an analysis unit that compares the behavior characteristics of new or newly changed avatars against the behavior characteristics of known spam avatars to determine if the avatar has known spam avatar characteristics. It may further have a scoring system to calculate a spam score based upon similarities of the comparison and identifying the avatar as a spam avatar based upon the calculated spam score. It may further compare the calculated spam score with a spam score threshold wherein the avatar is identified as a spam avatar if the calculated spam score is equal to or greater than the calculated spam score.
A method in a virtual universe (VU) system for identifying spam avatars, the virtual universe system comprising one or more avatars that each have behavior characteristics, the VU system having memory that stores behavior characteristics of known spam avatars, the method for identifying spam avatars comprising:
A spam avatar identification system in a virtual universe for identifying spam avatars, the virtual universe comprising one or more avatars that each have behavior characteristics, wherein at least one of the avatars is a spam avatar, the spam avatar identification system comprising:
A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium for operating in a system comprising a network I/O, a CPU, and one or more databases, for implementing a method in a virtual universe (VU) system for identifying spam avatars, the VU system comprising one or more avatars that each have behavior characteristics, wherein at least one of the avatars is a spam avatar, the VU system having memory that stores behavior characteristics of known spam avatars, the method for identifying spam avatars comprising the steps of:
A method for deploying a spam avatar identification system in a virtual universe for managing spam avatars, the virtual universe having one or more avatars, at least one of the avatars being a spam avatar, the spam avatar identification system comprising:
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