Patent №
US 9,230,237
Granted
2016-01-05
Filed 2007
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
kr
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11951508
A method for amending a contract in a virtual world may include presenting an online chat option in response to another user's avatar coming within a predetermined proximity range of an avatar of the user and in response to the other user's avatar and the user's avatar having previously entered into a contract in the virtual world. The method may also include recording the online chat between the users to define an amendment to the contract in response to the online chat option being selected. The method may further include appending the amendment to contracting terms in a contract object in response to acceptance of the amendment by the users.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 202050115
Assignors
BOKOR, BRIAN R., HOUSE, DANIEL E., SMITH, ANDREW B.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.