Virtual area communications
US9853922B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 19, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 17, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/1822
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A virtual area has a spatial visualization and includes zones that are associated with respective geometric boundaries located in relation to the spatial visualization. Realtime data stream connections between sources and sinks of network nodes in the zones of the virtual area are administered to provide a wide variety of virtual area applications, including virtual area applications that implement spatial rules for one or more synchronous conferencing services (e.g., instant messaging, such as text chat, audio conferencing, video conferencing, application sharing, and file sharing).
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