[MUD-Dev2] [Design]Characters moving between worlds [was Personalvirtual worlds]

[Caliban Darklock]

On 2/20/07, Michael Sellers <mike at onlinealchemy.com> wrote:
> Caliban Darklock wrote:
> >
> > WRT to this patent, does it date back before 1995? Because if not, I
> > have prior art.
>
> It was awarded in 1995 or '96.  I'm not sure when it was filed.  If you
> truly have prior art, I would *love* to hear about it.

The online BBS door game "Ultimate Universe" had an export and import
system which allowed you to take your ship from one game to another.
Essentially, if your current BBS allowed export, you could export your
ship and then restore it on any BBS that allowed import - without any
direct communication or negotiation between the different BBS sysops.
The process altered ship configuration slightly to prevent certain
potential abuses of the system.