INTERFACING WITH A SPATIAL VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT
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Abstract
A spatial layout of zones of a virtual area in a network communication environment is displayed. A user can have a respective presence in each of one or more of the zones. Navigation controls and interaction controls are presented. The navigation controls enable the user to specify where to establish a presence in the virtual area. The interaction controls enable the user to manage interactions with one or more other communicants in the network communication environment. A respective presence of the user is established in each of one or more of the zones on response to input received via the navigation controls. Respective graphical representations of the communicants are depicted in each of the zones where the communicants respectively have presence.
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80 Claims
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66. A method, in a network communication environment in which a user and one or more other communicants operating respective network nodes establish respective presences in virtual locations in which the communicants are represented by respective avatars, the method comprising:
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displaying respective graphical representations of a virtual area, a first viewscreen object in the virtual area, a second viewscreen object in the virtual area, and the avatars of the user and one or more other communicants who are co-present with the user in the virtual area; based on communicant input in connection with the first viewscreen object, simultaneously sharing renderings of contents of a first data file the among ones of the communicants who are co-present in the virtual area; and based on communicant input in connection with the second viewscreen object, simultaneously sharing renderings of contents of a second data file among ones of the communicants who are co-present in the virtual area. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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79. At least one computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed by a computer to perform operations in a network communication environment in which a user and one or more other communicants operating respective network nodes establish respective presences in virtual locations in which the communicants are represented by respective avatars, the operations comprising:
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displaying respective graphical representations of a virtual area, a first viewscreen object in the virtual area, a second viewscreen object in the virtual area, and the avatars of the user and one or more other communicants who are co-present with the user in the virtual area; based on communicant input in connection with the first viewscreen object, simultaneously sharing renderings of contents of a first data file the among ones of the communicants who are co-present in the virtual area; and based on communicant input in connection with the second viewscreen object, simultaneously sharing renderings of contents of a second data file among ones of the communicants who are co-present in the virtual area.
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80. Apparatus, comprising:
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a computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions; and a data processing unit coupled to the computer-readable medium, operable to execute the instructions, and based at least in part on the execution of the instructions operable to perform operations in a network communication environment in which a user and one or more other communicants operating respective network nodes establish respective presences in virtual locations in which the communicants are represented by respective avatars, the operations comprising displaying respective graphical representations of a virtual area, a first viewscreen object in the virtual area, a second viewscreen object in the virtual area, and the avatars of the user and one or more other communicants who are co-present with the user in the virtual area, based on communicant input in connection with the first viewscreen object, simultaneously sharing renderings of contents of a first data file the among ones of the communicants who are co-present in the virtual area, and based on communicant input in connection with the second viewscreen object, simultaneously sharing renderings of contents of a second data file among ones of the communicants who are co-present in the virtual area.
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Specification