Sandra Lee Kearney

US Patent:

8352326, Jan 8, 2013

Filed:

Nov 11, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/268471

Inventors:

Boas Betzler - Magstadt, DE
Sandra L. Kearney - Harleysville PA, US
Tanaz Sowdagar - San Francisco CA, US
Hagen R. Wenzek - Tarrytown NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 261

Abstract:

A virtual business transaction is implemented between a first virtual world and a second virtual world by providing a searchable catalog that includes one or more items each comprising a virtual good, a virtual service, a real good, or a real service. An object representation is stored for each of the items. Each of the stored object representations is associated with metadata comprising any of digital rights metadata, ownership metadata, identity metadata, payment method metadata, or currency detail metadata. A set of transformation algorithms are established that are customized through a rule set. A request is received specifying a copying, modifying, or reselling of an item selected from the items in the searchable catalog. The copying, modifying, or reselling of the item from a first virtual world to a second virtual world is implemented using the set of transformation algorithms. An exchange of virtual currency is implemented between the first virtual world and the second virtual world using the set of transformation algorithms.

US Patent:

20070255721, Nov 1, 2007

Filed:

May 1, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/414232

Inventors:

Catherine Chess - Ossining NY, US
Kate Ehrlich - Newton NY, US
Mary Helander - North White Plains NY, US
Sandra Kearney - Peoria AZ, US
Ching-Yung Lin - Forest Hills NY, US
Sue Medeiros - Hartsdale NY, US
Katherine Penchuk - New York NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707010000

Abstract:

A system and method (and method of deploying computing infrastructure) of constructing a social network, which includes constructing the social network from a plurality of disparate, heterogeneous data sources, in which at least one of the data sources includes a user generated data source. A plurality of nodes and linkages are identified and attributes for the nodes and linkages are determined based on the plurality of disparate, heterogeneous data sources.