US 11,810,245 B2
Methods and systems for prioritized replication of a virtual world
William Robert Davey, Somerville, NJ (US); James Susinno, Wellesley, MA (US); Vito Joseph Messina, Somerville, NJ (US); and Oliver S. Castaneda, West Henrietta, NY (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/411,976.
Prior Publication US 2023/0064652 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 15/20 (2011.01); G06T 15/08 (2011.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01); G06T 15/04 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 15/20 (2013.01) [G06T 15/04 (2013.01); G06T 15/08 (2013.01); G06T 17/20 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a server system, a request from a client device to join a virtual world managed by the server system;
identifying, by the server system and in response to receiving the request, an avatar location for an avatar that is to represent a user of the client device within the virtual world when the client device joins the virtual world;
determining, by the server system and based on the avatar location, a first priority value for a first asset of the virtual world and a second priority value for a second asset of the virtual world, the first priority value higher than the second priority value; and
providing, by the server system to the client device and based on the first and second priority values, a prioritized replication of the virtual world in which the first asset and the second asset are replicated in a prioritized manner that includes:
transmitting initial data representative of the first asset and provided for presentation by the client device to allow the user to experience the first asset,
transmitting update data representative of the first asset, and
subsequent to the transmitting of the update data representative of the first asset, transmitting initial data representative of the second asset.