Methods and systems to facilitate real time communications in virtual reality
US8601386B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 3, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N7/157
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and systems for connecting people for real time communications via a virtual reality environment. One embodiment includes: receiving a call for a real time communication session at a virtual object presented in a virtual reality world; indicating to a plurality of residents of the virtual reality world that the virtual object is being called; and responsive to an input from one resident of the plurality of residents, connecting the call to the resident for a real time communication session.
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