Creating virtual areas for realtime communications
US9077549B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/61
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Examples that are described herein provide systems and methods for creating virtual areas for realtime communications. Some examples provide a quick and easy process for creating a virtual area for a set of communicants and provisioning those communicants for realtime communications in the virtual area. Some examples provide a quick and easy way for a user to wrap a realtime communications framework around a network service. Through seamless integration of realtime communications (e.g., realtime audio, video, chat, screen sharing, and file transfer) in persistent virtual areas, these examples are able to enhance and improve communicants' experiences with a network service relative to traditional browser based methods of collaborating on network service based projects.
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