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WEB BROWSER INTERFACE FOR SPATIAL COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENTS

  • US 20110185286A1
  • Filed: 01/26/2010
  • Published: 07/28/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • managing a realtime communication session between client communicants operating respective client network nodes that are exchanging peer-to-peer realtime data streams in association with a spatial visualization comprising a respective graphical representation of each of the client communicants in spatial relation to a graphical representation of a virtual area, wherein the managing comprises determining respective locations of the graphical representations of the client communicants in the virtual area; and

    interfacing a guest communicant with the realtime communication session, wherein the guest communicant is operating a web browser application on a guest network node, the interfacing comprises transmitting to the guest network node an interface specification comprising specifications of the graphical representation of the virtual area and the graphical representations of the client communicants and their respective current locations in the virtual area, and the interfacing further comprises responding to messages received from the web browser application in connection with respective elements of the interface specification.

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