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Methods, systems, and products for telepresence visualizations

  • US 9,210,377 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2013
  • Issued: 12/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of conducting a videoconference, comprising:

  • receiving, at a network-centric server, a still image of a videoconferencing environment captured by a video camera, the still image associated with global positioning system information describing a location of the video camera;

    retrieving, by the network-centric server, updated global positioning system information describing a different location of the video camera;

    determining, by the network-centric server, a locational change of the video camera based on a difference between the global positioning system information and the updated global positioning system information;

    retrieving, by the network-centric server, an updated still image of the videoconferencing environment in response to the locational change of the video camera;

    replacing, by the network-centric server, the still image with the updated still image in response to the locational change of the video camera;

    receiving, at the network-centric server, video data of a remote participant of the videoconference;

    removing, by the network-centric server, background data from the video data to generate participant video data of only the remote participant of the videoconference;

    superimposing, by the network-centric server, the participant video data onto the updated still image of the videoconferencing environment to generate composite video data; and

    sending, from the network-centric server, the composite video data to a network address associated with the videoconference;

    wherein the remote participant is visually presented in the videoconferencing environment.

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