Policy definition and enforcement for extended reality media sessions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12106397-B2
Application number	US-202218053369-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2022
Priority date	Jul 24, 2020
Publication date	Oct 1, 2024
Grant date	Oct 1, 2024

Abstract

An example method performed by a processing system includes receiving a request from a first user to render an extended reality environment, wherein the request includes a definition of a first policy that governs user behavior within the extended reality environment, rendering the extended reality environment by presenting content contributed by at least one user in the extended reality environment, monitoring the extended reality environment to ensure that the rendering results in a compliance of the extended reality environment with the first policy, detecting that a portion of the content contributed by at least one other user of the extended reality environment results in the extended reality environment failing to comply with the first policy, and modifying a presentation of the portion of content in the extended reality environment in response to the detecting, wherein the modifying results in the compliance of the extended reality environment with the first policy.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processing system including at least one processor, a first request to render an extended reality environment for a plurality of users, wherein the first request includes a definition of a first policy that governs a behavior of the plurality of users within the extended reality environment;
rendering, by the processing system, the extended reality environment by presenting extended reality content contributed by a first user of the plurality of users in the extended reality environment;
monitoring, by the processing system, the extended reality environment to ensure that the rendering results in a compliance of the extended reality environment with the first policy;
detecting, by the processing system, that a portion of the extended reality content contributed by other a second user of the plurality of users results in the extended reality environment failing to comply with the first policy; and
modifying, by the processing system, a presentation of the portion of the extended reality content in the extended reality environment in response to the detecting, wherein the modifying results in the compliance of the extended reality environment with the first policy, wherein the modifying comprises:
detecting, by the processing system, an unknown object in the portion of the extended reality content;
querying, by the processing system, the second user about the unknown object; and
altering, by the processing system, the portion of the extended reality content based on a response of the second user to the querying.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first policy restricts a nature of visual content of the extended reality content that the second user is permitted to contribute to the extended reality environment.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the modifying comprises modifying an appearance of the portion of the extended reality content.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first policy restricts a nature of audible content of the extended reality content that the second user is permitted to contribute to the extended reality environment.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the modifying comprises modifying a sound of the portion of the extended reality content.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first policy defines a minimum capability of a device that is used to access the extended reality environment.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first policy is defined explicitly in the first request.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first policy is defined implicitly in a profile of a user from whom the first request is received.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modifying comprises at least one of: blocking the portion of the extended reality content or replacing the portion of the extended reality content with default content.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modifying comprises presenting the portion of the extended reality content in an altered form.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting, by the processing system, a second request from a third user requesting access to the extended reality environment;
validating, by the processing system, the second request from the third user in response to the second request; and
admitting, by the processing system, the third user to the extended reality environment subsequent to the validating so that the third user becomes one of the plurality of users.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
making, by the processing system, an adjustment to a local rendering of the extended reality environment that is presented to the third user without making the adjustment to local renderings of the extended reality environment that are presented to other users of the plurality of users excluding the third user.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the adjustment is made in response to a second policy that is defined by the third user.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the adjustment comprises a further modification to the presentation of the extended reality content in the extended reality environment, wherein the further modification results in a compliance of the extended reality environment with the second policy.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the adjustment is made in response to a physical context of the third user.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the physical context comprises a nature of a physical activity in which the third user is engaged while accessing the extended reality environment.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the adjustment comprises presenting a second portion of the extended reality content contributed by the third user in the local rendering of the extended reality environment that is presented to the third user, without presenting the second portion of the extended reality content contributed by the third user in the local renderings of the extended reality environment that are presented to the other users of the plurality of users excluding the third user.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the unknown object comprises a connected device in a vicinity of the second user that is capable of at least one of: transmitting content to the extended reality environment and receiving content from the extended reality environment.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing system including at least one processor, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a first request to render an extended reality environment for a plurality of users, wherein the first request includes a definition of a first policy that governs a behavior of the plurality of users within the extended reality environment;
rendering the extended reality environment by presenting extended reality content contributed by a first user of the plurality of users in the extended reality environment;
monitoring the extended reality environment to ensure that the rendering results in a compliance of the extended reality environment with the first policy;
detecting that a portion of the extended reality content contributed by a second user of the plurality of users results in the extended reality environment failing to comply with the first policy; and
modifying a presentation of the portion of the extended reality content in the extended reality environment in response to the detecting, wherein the modifying results in the compliance of the extended reality environment with the first policy, wherein the modifying comprises:
detecting an unknown object in the portion of the extended reality content;
querying the second user about the unknown object; and
altering the portion of the extended reality content based on a response of the second user to the querying.

20. A device comprising:
a processing system including at least one processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a first request to render an extended reality environment for a plurality of users, wherein the first request includes a definition of a first policy that governs a behavior of the plurality of users within the extended reality environment;
rendering the extended reality environment by presenting extended reality content contributed by a first user of the plurality of users in the extended reality environment;
monitoring

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp
• At & T Mobility Ii Llc

Inventors

• Oetting John
• Zavesky Eric
• Pratt James
• Decuir Jason
• Lecesne Terrel

Classifications

• H04L63/20

  for managing network security; network security policies in general (filtering policies H04L63/0227) · CPC title

• G06F16/9535

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title

• H04L63/102 Primary

  Entity profiles · CPC title

• G06T11/00 Primary

  Two-dimensional [2D] image generation · CPC title