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Methods and systems for visually deemphasizing a displayed persona

US9671931B2 · kind B2 · utility

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44Claims

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Assignee

PERSONIFY, INC. · US

Inventors

James J. Kosmach · Austin, US
Sumant Kowshik · San Francisco, US
Dennis Lin · Chicago, US
Glenn Francisco · Chicago, US
John Nicholas Timmons · Urbana, US
Fernando Rossi Goncalves · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 4, 2015
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 24, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/04845
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Described herein are methods and systems for visually deemphasizing a displayed persona. At least one embodiment takes the form of a method carried out by a user-interface (UI)-management device. The UI-management device identifies a persona region of a displayed persona and identifies a user-interface-focus location. The UI-management device then makes a persona-deemphasize determination based on the identified persona region and the identified user-interface-focus location. In response to making the persona-deemphasize determination, the UI-management device visually deemphasizes the displayed persona.

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