System and method for limiting the number of characters displayed in a common area

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9403089
APP PUB NO 20110201423A1
SERIAL NO

13055276

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A system providing a graphical chat room and/or virtual world on a website in which users can control avatars or other characters to participate in activities and interact with other users' avatars/characters. The chat room or virtual world has a large common location where a large number of users might participate with their characters/avatars, but where because display of all of the participants and/or all of the area becomes impractical or otherwise unwieldy, the system determines an appropriate portion of the area and a limited number of avatars/characters to display based on some criteria.

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GANZWOODBRIDGE ON L4L 3T2

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Borst, Karl Joseph North York, CA 56 1999
Larsen, John Alexander Toronto, CA 10 260

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