VIRTUAL VENUES

SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT TOOLS USED TO CREATE SHARED VIRTUAL SPACES AND APPLICATIONS TO BE USED IN THEM, IN THE NATURE OF A COLLECTION OF BASIC SOFTWARE AND ASSOCIATED SOFTWARE INTERFACES AND PROTOCOLS IN AREAS SUCH AS COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION, RESOURCE LOCATION AND SCHEDULING, SECURITY, AND DATA ACCESS, WHICH TOGETHER MAYBE USED BY PROGRAMMERS TO CREATE APPLICATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTS FOR USE WITH THE ACCESS GRID AND OTHER COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENTS