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Virtual navigation system for virtual and real spaces

  • US 10,120,440 B2
  • Filed: 05/11/2015
  • Issued: 11/06/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for virtual navigation of a real space comprising:

  • a User Member with a user interface that comprises of a display, wherein said User Member is connected to an Active Network hosted by computing resources to enable a virtual navigation infrastructure for a real space comprising a plurality of Sources, wherein said infrastructure is enabled by at least one of internet and cellular networks with at least one digital communications protocol;

    a plurality of Source Members, each comprising at least one of said Sources, and each Source comprising one or more cameras;

    wherein each of the Sources are at Source Points;

    wherein said Source Points are configured to move;

    wherein the Active Network provides Source physical location information derived from their Source Members in the Active Network;

    wherein locations of each of said Sources is determined by the Active Network;

    wherein a first field of view, at a Source Point of one of the at least one Source of the plurality of Source Members, comprises a plurality of icons, representing locations of other Sources of the plurality of Source Members that each offer stimuli comprising a field of view, for selection;

    wherein a selection of an icon representing a desired Source of the plurality of Source Members offering desired stimuli comprising a desired second field of view, in said first field of view is performed at the icon'"'"'s location of its corresponding Source with the desired stimuli comprising the desired field of view;

    wherein said selection of the icon representing a desired Source of the plurality of Source Members offering desired stimuli comprising a desired second field of view, in said first field of view is performed at the location of its corresponding Source with the desired stimuli comprising the desired field of view;

    wherein said Active Network locates Sources, that will appear on the display as icons, in response to the User Member choosing a physical location or special interest location;

    wherein virtual navigation of the User Member comprises changing the displaying of the first field of view, at the Source Point of one of the at least one Source of the plurality of Source Members, to the displaying of the desired second field of view of the desired Source of the plurality of Source Members, which is enabled by said User Member selecting said icon of the desired Source with desired stimuli comprising the desired field of view;

    wherein the User Member is enabled to select a starting point of a local environment;

    wherein upon selection of the starting point, it is displayed as the first field of view that comprises of the plurality of icons that represent locations of other Sources available for selection and navigation thereto.

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