Patent · US Expired

Reactive avatars

US7484176B2 · kind B2 · utility

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37Claims
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Filing dateDec 30, 2003
Grant dateJan 27, 2009
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G5/14
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Avatars are used to graphically represent users in a communications session, and the avatars are capable of being animated. An indication of an animation of one of the avatars is received. Another avatar that represents another of the users is animated in response to, and based on, the animation of the avatar in the same communications session.

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