Communication and collaboration system using rich media environments
First Claim
1. A system for communication, comprising:
- first set of sensing and rendering components arranged to cover physical movements of multiple individuals present in a first environment;
second set of sensing and rendering components arranged to cover physical movements of multiple individuals present in a second environment;
interest thread detector that uses the first and second set of sensing and rendering components to detect multiple communication interactions each involving a respective subset of the individuals present in the first and second environments and that maintains an interest thread for each communication interaction;
communication provider that captures a set of media data from the sensing components and that combines the captured media data in response to the respective activities indicated by physical movements of each subset of the individuals and that communicates the combined media data to the rendering components, wherein the communication provider includes a user manager configured to maintain a set of user profiles for the respective individuals, the user profiles including permission profiles having thread permissions and user permissions configured to enable an individual to keep their actions and presence from being detected by the interest thread detector.
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Abstract
A system that enables communication and collaboration among individuals using rich media environments. A system according to the present techniques includes a set of rich media environments each having a corresponding arrangement of sensing and rendering components for sensing of and rendering to a corresponding set of individuals. A system according to the present techniques includes an interest thread detector that uses the sensing and rendering components to detect formation of multiple communication interactions among the individuals and that creates an interest thread for each detected communication interaction and further includes a communication provider that for each interest thread captures a set of media data from a corresponding subset of the sensing components and that combines the captured media data in response to the activities of the corresponding individuals and that communicates the combined media data to a corresponding subset of the rendering components.
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45 Claims
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1. A system for communication, comprising:
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first set of sensing and rendering components arranged to cover physical movements of multiple individuals present in a first environment; second set of sensing and rendering components arranged to cover physical movements of multiple individuals present in a second environment; interest thread detector that uses the first and second set of sensing and rendering components to detect multiple communication interactions each involving a respective subset of the individuals present in the first and second environments and that maintains an interest thread for each communication interaction; communication provider that captures a set of media data from the sensing components and that combines the captured media data in response to the respective activities indicated by physical movements of each subset of the individuals and that communicates the combined media data to the rendering components, wherein the communication provider includes a user manager configured to maintain a set of user profiles for the respective individuals, the user profiles including permission profiles having thread permissions and user permissions configured to enable an individual to keep their actions and presence from being detected by the interest thread detector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for communication, comprising:
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providing a first set of sensing and rendering components for covering physical movements of multiple individuals present in a first environment; providing a second set of sensing and rendering components for covering physical movements of multiple individuals present in a second environment; detecting multiple communication interactions each a communication interaction involving a respective subset of the individuals present in the first and second environments; maintaining an interest thread for the each detected communication interaction; maintaining a set of user profiles for each of the individuals capturing a set of media data from the sensing components; combining the captured media data in response to the respective activities indicated by physical movements of the respective subset of the individuals; communicating the combined media data to the rendering components, including communicating the user profile for each of the individuals, each user profile including a permission profile having a thread permission and a user permission configured to enable an individual to keep their actions and presence from being detected by the interest thread detector. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer-readable storage media that contains a set of code that when executed provides communication by:
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providing a first set of sensing and rendering components for covering physical movements of multiple individuals present in a first environment; providing a second set of sensing and rendering components for covering physical movements of multiple individuals present in a second environment; detecting multiple communication interactions each involving a respective subset of the individuals present in the first and second environments; maintaining an interest thread for each detected communication interaction; maintaining a set of user profiles for each of the individuals; capturing a set of media data from the sensing components; combining the captured media data in response to the respective activities indicated by physical movements of the respective subset of the individuals; communicating the combined media data to the rendering components, including communicating a user profile for each of the individuals, each user profile including a permission profile having a thread permission and a user permission configured to enable an individual to keep their actions and presence from being detected by the interest thread detector. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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