Bridging Physical and Virtual Spaces

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021168179-A1
Application number	US-202117169222-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 5, 2021
Priority date	Oct 19, 2012
Publication date	Jun 3, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

Examples of systems and methods for bridging virtual and physical spaces are described. In some of these examples, a particular communicant's real world state drives changes in one or more of the communications connections, virtual state, and communications interface of the particular communicant or another communicant.

First claim

1 . A method, comprising:
administering realtime communications between network nodes respectively associated with a user and other communicants in a network communications environment; receiving real world data comprising one or more attributes defining a physical state of the user; applying one or more conditions to the one or more attributes; and based on results of the applying, changing a particular communicant's presence state in the network communications environment.

2 - 69 . (canceled)

Assignees

• Sococo Inc

Inventors

• Van Wie David
• Brody Paul J
• Jennings Joseph W

Classifications

• H04L67/30 Primary

  Profiles · CPC title

• G06Q30/0613

  using intermediate agents · CPC title

• H04L12/1813

  for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms (instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F3/04815

  Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional [3D], e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object · CPC title