Modifying video call data

US9531994B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9531994-B2
Application numberUS-201514596076-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJan 13, 2015
Priority dateOct 31, 2014
Publication dateDec 27, 2016
Grant dateDec 27, 2016

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A method comprising: displaying a UI for display of received video; detecting selection of a UI displayed button while a received video frame is displayed; in response, disabling the display of video frames received after the received video frame; determining a position of a face of a user in the received frame; receiving a plurality of drawing inputs while the button is selected, each drawing input defining image data to be applied at a position on said face; modifying the video frame in accordance with the drawing inputs by applying the image data to each of the positions; detecting a condition and in response, for each video frame received after the detection, determining a position of the face in the frame to determine the location of the positions in the frame, applying the image data to each of the positions, and displaying the modified video frame in the UI.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method implemented at a user terminal during a video call conducted with at least one further user terminal over a communications network, the method comprising: displaying a user interface on a display of the user terminal, the user interface configured to display received video frames; detecting selection of a selectable button displayed in the user interface via an input device of the user terminal while displaying, in the user interface, a rece…

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What does patent US9531994B2 cover?
A method comprising: displaying a UI for display of received video; detecting selection of a UI displayed button while a received video frame is displayed; in response, disabling the display of video frames received after the received video frame; determining a position of a face of a user in the received frame; receiving a plurality of drawing inputs while the button is selected, each drawing …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04N7/141. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Dec 27 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 1 related publication on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).