Patents by Inventor Enrique A. Ferraro

Enrique A. Ferraro has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • User value transport mechanism across multiple virtual world environments
    Patent number: 8414399
    Abstract: Mechanisms for transferring a value associated with a representation of a user in a first virtual world environment instance to a second virtual world environment instance are provided. With these mechanisms, a request to transport a first representation of the user from the first virtual world environment instance to the second virtual world environment instance is received. One or more data objects associated with a first representation of the user in the first virtual world environment instance are quantized into at least one quantized value. The at least one quantized value is transported to the second virtual world environment instance and is converted into a second representation of the user in the second virtual world environment instance, the second representation of the user being different from the first representation of the user in the first virtual world environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Enrique A. Ferraro
  • User Value Transport Mechanism Across Multiple Virtual World Environments
    Publication number: 20090319609
    Abstract: Mechanisms for transferring a value associated with a representation of a user in a first virtual world environment instance to a second virtual world environment instance are provided. With these mechanisms, a request to transport a first representation of the user from the first virtual world environment instance to the second virtual world environment instance is received. One or more data objects associated with a first representation of the user in the first virtual world environment instance are quantized into at least one quantized value. The at least one quantized value is transported to the second virtual world environment instance and is converted into a second representation of the user in the second virtual world environment instance, the second representation of the user being different from the first representation of the user in the first virtual world environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Enrique A. Ferraro