METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING USERS TO VIRTUAL WORLD SERVERS BASED ON SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING USERS TO VIRTUAL WORLD SERVERS BASED ON SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS

A method and an apparatus are provided for assigning users to virtual world servers based on social connectedness. One example method includes receiving a request to connect a client device to one of a plurality of virtual world servers and accessing social network connectivity data of a user accoun...

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Hauptverfasser: Harb, Reda, Lal, Dhananjay
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method and an apparatus are provided for assigning users to virtual world servers based on social connectedness. One example method includes receiving a request to connect a client device to one of a plurality of virtual world servers and accessing social network connectivity data of a user account associated with the client device. The method further includes identifying a plurality of other user accounts based on the social network connectivity data, ranking the plurality of virtual world servers based on connections with devices associated with the plurality of other user accounts, and connecting the client device to a virtual world server of the plurality of virtual world servers based on the ranking.