| COV Infamy-highly scalable architecture for interactive virtual world system |
The present invention provides a highly scalable architecture for a three-dimensional graphical, multi-user, interactive virtual world system. In a preferred embodiment a plurality of users interact in the three-dimensional, computer-generated graphical space where each user executes a client process to view a virtual world from the perspective of that user in COV. The virtual world shows avatars representing the other users who are neighbors of the user viewing the virtual word. In order that the view can be updated to reflect the motion of the remote user's avatars, motion, information is transmitted to a central server process which provides positions updates to client processes for neighbors of the user at that client process in COV. The client process also uses an environment database to determine which background objects to render as well as to limit the movement of the user's avatar.cov infamy It is harder to get COV Infamy for the players.
It will be for the lawyers to determine, but 3D virtual world games with avatars sounds like just about every popular MMO out there. This action appears intended to force that issue. The very first item sought as judgment by Worlds is an order finding the patent to be valid and enforceable.
If the court finds the favor, then along with likely monetary damages and unknown changes to NCsoft's titles, other publishers could find themselves on the receiving end of similar suits.cov infamy In an update, Virtual World News spoke with World.com's lead attorney Stephen F. Roth who said, "I'm not at liberty to disclose what other companies I believe come within the scope of the claims," and added, "I think it is a very broad and robust claim, managing both bandwidth and the display and interaction of avatars in virtual worlds and massively multiplayer games."
The holiday timing of the filing means it may be a while before we know the next developments in the case. NCsoft probably won't be officially served with the complaint until after the New Year, and then they have 20 days to respond. Until then there's no need to panic, but for MMO fans this is definitely something to keep an eye on.
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