Deferred Teleportation Queue for Virtual Worlds
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Solution Overview
Problem
In virtual universes, users face numerous teleportation invitations that can be distracting and lack prioritization and management options, leading to interference with the virtual experience, especially in busy environments where immediate responses may not be necessary.
Innovation Solution
A system for logically analyzing incoming teleportation invitations based on sender and location, allowing automatic acceptance, rejection, or deferral, with invitations stored in a priority queue, enabling users to manage and prioritize invitations according to predefined rules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users receive numerous teleportation invitations through pop-up windows, then users can respond to invitations immediately, but user experience is degraded due to distractions and interference
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the invitation notification function from the main virtual experience interface by implementing a separate system tray icon that displays invitations. This removes the distracting pop-up windows from the user's visual field while preserving the ability to access and respond to invitations through the system tray, thereby reducing interference with the virtual experience while maintaining response capability
Solution Approach 2:
The system tray icon serves as an intermediary between the invitation system and the user. Instead of direct pop-up notifications that interrupt the virtual experience, invitations are routed through the system tray where they can be viewed and managed without causing distractions, while still allowing users to respond when convenient
2Adaptability or versatility
If all teleportation invitations are treated equally, then the system remains simple, but users cannot prioritize important invitations over less important ones
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by allowing different priority levels to be assigned to different invitations based on their characteristics. The system enables users to mark specific invitations as high priority, which then receives preferential treatment in the queue, while other invitations follow the standard processing order. This creates localized differentiation in invitation handling without overcomplicating the entire system
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by allowing users to pre-configure priority settings for invitations from specific senders or locations. By establishing priority rules in advance, the system can automatically categorize and queue invitations appropriately without requiring complex real-time decisions, thereby adding prioritization capability while keeping the management mechanism relatively simple
3Reliability
If users must respond to invitations immediately, then important invitations are not missed, but users cannot defer response to less urgent invitations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by creating a flexible invitation queue system where invitations are not processed immediately but held in a configurable queue. Users can dynamically adjust the queue behavior through settings, choosing between immediate processing, deferred processing, or priority-based processing. This dynamic approach allows the system to adapt to different situations, ensuring reliable response for important invitations while allowing flexibility for less urgent ones
4Ease of operation
If the system processes all invitations in order received, then the processing logic remains simple, but users cannot prioritize certain teleportation locations or senders
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by allowing users to pre-configure priority settings for invitations from specific senders or locations. By establishing priority rules in advance, the system can automatically categorize and queue invitations appropriately without requiring complex real-time decisions, thereby adding prioritization capability while keeping the management mechanism relatively simple
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies self-service by enabling users to automatically manage their own invitation queues through configurable settings. Users can set up priority rules that automatically apply to incoming invitations, eliminating the need for manual intervention in each case. This self-service approach allows sophisticated prioritization while maintaining ease of operation, as the system handles the complex sorting automatically based on user-defined criteria
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AI summary
A user of a virtual universe system is provided with the option of deferring a response to an invitation for an avatar to be relocated (including relocation by performing a teleportation operation) by providing for selective storage of received invitations in a queue with a priority determined based on one or more rules which can preferably be developed by conversion from an invitation. Status of issuers of invitations can be monitored or the issuers polled and the current status can be displayed to a user to determine actions to be taken in manipulating priority in the queue. The user is also provided with the capability of editing priority of stored invitations including the ability to accept, reject or forward the invitation or convert the invitation to a landmark. Invitations having similarities may be grouped in accordance with any desired metadata contained in the invitation. Rules can also be set from the virtual universe system independently of a user in regard to priority and thus provides a new form of advertising.