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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsKulvir S. Bhogal, Rick Allen Hamilton, II, Clifford Alan Pickover, Anne R. Sand
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Generally speaking, systems, methods and media for providing a pack avatar for sharing inventory in a virtual universe are disclosed. Embodiments of a method may include receiving a request to create a pack avatar carrying one or more shared inventory items in a virtual universe and creating a pack avatar based on the received requests. Embodiments may include rendering the pack avatar in the virtual universe. Embodiments may also include, in response to receiving a request from a virtual universe user to borrow one or more shared inventory items carried by the pack avatar, accessing the one or more requested shared inventory items and rendering the one or more requested shared inventory items in the virtual universe. Further embodiments may include associating the pack avatar with a user and moving the pack avatar within the virtual universe.
A method for providing a pack avatar for shared inventory in a virtual universe, said method comprising:
A computer program product comprising a computer readable tangible storage device having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a processor of a computer implements a method for providing a pack avatar for shared inventory in a virtual universe, said method comprising:
A data processing system comprising a processor, a computer readable tangible memory unit coupled to the processor, and a computer readable tangible storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device storing program code configured to be executed by the processor via the memory unit to implement a method for providing a pack avatar for shared inventory in a virtual universe, said method comprising:
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