Pervasive Realtime Framework

• US 20200136887A1
• Filed: 12/24/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sococo, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sococo, Inc.
• Inventors: Van Wie, David, Altmaier, Joseph
• Granted Patent: US 11,368,352 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/02 Standardisation; Integration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality

Abstract

A pervasive realtime framework supports the execution of realtime software applications with high-level functions that significantly reduce the effort and time needed to develop realtime software applications in a new operating environment paradigm in which realtime connections between network nodes are pervasive. The pervasive realtime framework handles the complex tasks of connecting to communicants, virtual areas, and other network resources, as well as switching those connections in response to user inputs and thereby enables software application developers to focus on developing high-level realtime software application functionality.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

determining an instance of a virtual area based on a designation of the virtual area in a connection rule associated with at least one of a software application and a computer data file;

ascertaining one or more network nodes associated with the instance of the virtual area; and

initiating transfer of at least one realtime data stream over at least one network connection with at least one of the network nodes in a context defined by the instance of the virtual area.

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