APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TELEPRESENCE SESSIONS

• US 20160309117A1
• Filed: 06/28/2016
• Published: 10/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: MORRIS, NADIA, HINES, TARA, BASSO, ANDREA, IVANOV, ALEKSEY, MIKAN, JEFFREY
• Granted Patent: US 9,681,098 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/567 Multimedia conference systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/569 using the instant speaker's algorithm speech detection per se G10L25/78
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/167 Synchronising or controlling image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/194 Transmission of image signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, receiving first and second media content portraying images of first and second users, wherein the first and second users participate in a conference call. Joint media content is generated of the conference call including the images of the first and second users, that when presented at a display of a third user includes the images of the first and second users. Speech of the first user directed to the second user is detected and, in response, the image of the first user of the joint media content is adjusted to obtain a rotated image of the first user. The joint media content includes the rotated image of the first user and the image of the second user, that when presented at the display of the third user portrays the first user turned toward the second user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a first image of a first user, a second image of a second user, and a third image of an object, wherein the first user and the second user participate in a conference call;

generating, by the processing system, first joint media content of the conference call that comprises the second image of the second user and the third image of the object;

generating, by the processing system, second joint media content of the conference call that comprises the first image of the first user and the third image of the object;

providing, by the processing system, the first joint media content to a first display associated with the first user to cause presentation of the first joint media content at the first display;

providing, by the processing system, the second joint media content to a second display associated with the second user to cause presentation of the second joint media content at the second display;

detecting, by the processing system, gesture input from the first user directed towards the first joint media content presented on the first display; and

adjusting, by the processing system, the second joint media content resulting in adjusted second joint media content, responsive to the detecting of the gesture input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the second joint media content further comprises adjusting, by the processing system, the third image of the object.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the detecting of the gesture input further comprises detecting, by the processing system, a gesture simulating rotating the third image of the object of the first joint media content, and wherein the adjusting of the third image of the object further comprises rotating, by the processing system, the third image of the object.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the second joint media content further comprises adjusting, by the processing system, the first image of the first user.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the adjusting of the first image of the first user of the second joint media content further comprises adjusting, by the processing system, the first image of the first user turned towards the third image of the object.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the second joint media content further comprises simulating, by the processing system, that the first user is making contact with the object.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing, by the processing system, the adjusted second joint media content to the second display to cause presentation of the adjusted second joint media content at the second display.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adjusting, by the processing system, the first joint media content resulting in adjusted first joint media content, responsive to the detecting of the gesture input; and

providing, by the processing system, the adjusted first joint media content to the first display to cause presentation of the adjusted first joint media content at the first display.

9. A device, comprising:

a processing system including a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

obtaining a first image of a first user, a second image of a second user, and a third image of an object, wherein the first user and the second user participate in a conference call;

producing first joint media content of the conference call that comprises the second image of the second user and the third image of the object;

producing second joint media content of the conference call that comprises the first image of the first user and the third image of the object;

providing the first joint media content to a first display associated with the first user to cause presentation of the first joint media content at the first display;

providing the second joint media content to a second display associated with the second user to cause presentation of the second joint media content at the second display;

detecting a user interaction from the first user directed towards the first joint media content presented on the first display; and

adjusting the second joint media content resulting in adjusted second joint media content, responsive to the detecting of the user interaction.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the user interaction is a gesture from the first user towards the first joint media content.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the adjusting of the second joint media content further comprises adjusting the third image of the object.

12. The device of claim 11, the detecting of the user interaction from the first user directed towards the first joint media content further comprises detecting a gesture simulating removing a selected portion of the third image of the object.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the adjusting the third image of the object further comprises adjusting the third image of the object to show a remaining portion of the third image of the object in response to detecting the gesture simulating removing a selected portion of the third image of the object of the first joint media content.

14. The device of claim 11, wherein the detecting of the user interaction from the first user directed towards the first joint media content further comprises detecting a gesture simulating rotating the third image of the object, and wherein the adjusting the third image of the object comprises a rotated image of the object.

15. The device of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise adjusting of the first joint media content resulting in adjusted first joint media content.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the adjusting of the first joint media content further comprise adjusting of the third image of the object.

17. The device of claim 15, where the operations further comprise providing the adjusted first joint media content to the first display to cause presentation of the adjusted first joint media content at the first display.

18. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

responsive to receiving a first image of a first user, a second image of a second user, and a third image of an object, wherein the first user and the second user participate in a conference call, generating a first joint media content of the conference call that comprises the second image of the second user and the third image of the object, and generating second joint media content of the conference call that comprises the first image of the first user and the third image of the object;

providing the first joint media content to a first display associated with the first user to cause presentation of the first joint media content at the first display;

providing the second joint media content to a second display associated with the second user to cause presentation of the second joint media content at the second display;

detecting a user interaction from the first user directed towards first joint media content presented on the first display; and

adjusting the second joint media content, responsive to the detecting of the user interaction.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise adjusting of the first joint media content resulting in adjusted first joint media content responsive to detecting the user interaction, wherein the adjusting of the first joint media content further comprises adjusting the third image of the object.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, where the operations further comprise providing the adjusted first joint media content to cause presentation the adjusted first joint media content at the first display.