Collaborative virtual business objects social sharing in a virtual world

摘要

Collaborative virtual business object (VBO) social sharing that may include generating a VBO responsive to an avatar performing a transaction, and providing access to the VBO to other avatars desiring access. Access to the VBO may be provided by registering information regarding accessing the VBO in an inventory of the avatar, registering information regarding accessing the VBO in a centralized registry, allowing some portions of the VBO to be searchable, or uploading a modified copy of the VBO to a centralized VBO data upload facility. Portions of the VBO may be identified as private or public and access provided to only the public portions. An apparatus for collaborative virtual business object (VBO) social sharing may include an interface configured to access virtual world and a processor configured to generate a VBO responsive to a transaction in the virtual world and provide access to the VBO.

主权项

1. A method for collaborative virtual business object (VBO) social sharing comprising:
generating, by a computer, a VBO in response to a purchase made by an avatar, wherein the purchase is related to at least one of a product and a service; and providing, by the computer, access to the VBO to other avatars desiring access,wherein the VBO comprises metadata associated with the product or service, the metadata comprising at least one of a product or service number, price, specification, review, manual, image, visual representation, payment details, shipping details, and warranty details, and wherein providing access to the VBO comprises uploading a modified copy of the VBO to a centralized VBO data upload facility, the modified copy of the VBO containing only shareable information from the VBO.