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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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The system monitors activities, movements, and other behavior patterns necessary to determine whether an avatar is a spam advertisement. A storing mechanism stores a “black list” and a black list score consisting of a list of spam avatar identifications (UUIDs) matching avatars that have been flagged as confirmed or suspected spam advertisers. Another mechanism allows the owner to redraw or otherwise re-render a distinguishing mark or other audible signature when an avatar has been detected as being a spam advertiser. Yet another mechanism signals to the owner an offending avatar that they have been added to the black list or had a report filed against them, and a reason as to why (the methods used to identify them). Another mechanism allows for a black listed avatar to be removed from the black list, and scores to be decreased and for the virtual universe and users to utilize the black list and score.
A method in a virtual universe system having avatars and spam avatars, the avatars and spam avatars having owners and identifications, the method 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 for identifying spam avatars, notifying owners of spam avatars that their avatars have been identified as spam avatars, and allowing the owners of the identified spam avatars to re-render the identified spam avatars, the method comprising:
The computer program product as defined in claim 9 further comprising allowing the owner of the identified spam avatar to redraw or otherwise render the distinguishing mark when an avatar has been detected as being a spam advertiser.
A system in a virtual universe system having avatars and spam avatars, the avatars and spam avatars having owners and identifications, the system comprising:
A method for deploying a system for automatically creating a virtual rendition of at least one physical resource to replicate a real-life environment, the system in a virtual universe system having avatars and spam avatars, the avatars and spam avatars having owners and identifications, the system comprising:
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