VIRTUAL MESSAGING
Disclosed is a system and method for reserving a specific geographical location in a virtual environment corresponding to the real world.
1 . A system for presenting information, comprising:
providing a virtual environment having a plurality of virtual walls, each virtual wall being associated with a real-world geographical location;
assigning at least one virtual wall to a merchant based on at least one criterion; and
posting content to the virtual wall assigned to the merchant, the content being generated by a user present in the real-world geographical location associated with the assigned virtual wall.
2 . The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the criterion is a selected one of a location, a location type, a size of area, a time, a length of time, or any combination thereof.
3 . The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the user is disallowed to post on the assigned virtual wall when the criterion is not satisfied.
4 . The system recited in claim 3 , wherein the assigned virtual wall is not displayed to users who do not satisfy the criterion.
5 . The system recited in claim 1 , wherein advertisements are presented on the assigned virtual wall for display to users present in the real-world geographical location of the assigned virtual wall.