1. A method of managing teleportation invitations in a virtual universe, said virtual universe being a computer-based simulated environment having locations therein intended for users to inhabit and interact through the use of avatars and within and between which an avatar can move by teleportation, said method comprising: logically analyzing, by computer, an incoming teleportation invitation on the basis of at least the sender and proposed teleportation location; and responsive to results of said logically analyzing step, automatically performing one of: accepting the teleportation invitation for teleporting in accordance with said teleportation invitation, rejecting the teleportation invitation, and, if said teleportation invitation is neither accepted nor rejected, deferring response to the teleportation invitation by placing the teleportation invitation in a queue at a queue location having a priority for possible acceptance within said queue based on said logically analyzing step.