Communicating between a virtual area and a physical space
First Claim
1. A method performed by an apparatus in a physical space, the method comprising by the apparatus:
- transmitting a login request to a network service to establish a presence in a virtual area;
based on provisioning instructions received from the network service, establishing a communication session with a client network node of a communicant who is copresent with the established presence in the virtual area;
based on copresence of the communicant with the established presence, exchanging realtime communications with the client network node in the communications session in a context defined by the virtual area;
displaying image content on a physical viewscreen in the physical space, wherein the image content comprises a graphical user interface;
sharing images of the displayed image content with the client network node to display in a graphical viewscreen interface in the context defined by the virtual area;
receiving data describing communicant input in relation to the shared images from the client network node;
based on the received data describing the communicant input, modifying the displaying of the image content on the physical viewscreen.
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Abstract
Apparatus transmits an identifier for association with a virtual area by an administering network service, generates output data from human perceptible stimulus in a physical space, transmits the output data in connection with the virtual area, receives input data associated with the virtual area, and generates human perceptible stimulus in the physical space from the input data. A persistent association is created between the apparatus and a virtual area. A respective presence is established in the virtual area for a communicant operating a client network node connected to the virtual area. A respective connection between each active pair of complementary sources and sinks of the client network node and the apparatus are administered in association with the virtual area. A client network node displays a graphical user interface, establishes the administered connections, and presents interaction controls associated with the object for interacting with communicants in the physical space.
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22 Claims
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1. A method performed by an apparatus in a physical space, the method comprising by the apparatus:
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transmitting a login request to a network service to establish a presence in a virtual area; based on provisioning instructions received from the network service, establishing a communication session with a client network node of a communicant who is copresent with the established presence in the virtual area; based on copresence of the communicant with the established presence, exchanging realtime communications with the client network node in the communications session in a context defined by the virtual area; displaying image content on a physical viewscreen in the physical space, wherein the image content comprises a graphical user interface; sharing images of the displayed image content with the client network node to display in a graphical viewscreen interface in the context defined by the virtual area; receiving data describing communicant input in relation to the shared images from the client network node; based on the received data describing the communicant input, modifying the displaying of the image content on the physical viewscreen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
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16. At least one non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by an apparatus in a physical space and comprising a communication interface, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising
transmitting a login request to a network service to establish a presence in a virtual area; -
based on provisioning instructions received from the network service, establishing a communication session with a client network node of a communicant who is copresent with the established presence in the virtual area; based on copresence of the communicant with the established presence, exchanging realtime communications with the client network node in the communications session in a context defined by the virtual area; displaying a graphical user interface on a physical viewscreen in the physical space; sharing images of the displayed graphical user interface with the client network node to display in a graphical viewscreen interface in the context defined by the virtual area; receiving data describing communicant input in relation to the shared captured images from the client network node; based on the received data describing the communicant input, modifying the displaying of the image content on the physical viewscreen. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. Apparatus in a physical space, comprising:
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non-volatile memory storing processor-readable instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, operable to execute the instructions, and based at least in part on the execution of the instructions operable to perform operations comprising, transmitting a login request to a network service to establish a presence in a virtual area; based on provisioning instructions received from the network service, establishing a communication session with a client network node of a communicant who is copresent with the established presence in the virtual area; based on copresence of the communicant with the established presence, exchanging realtime communications with the client network node in the communications session in a context defined by the virtual area; displaying image content on a physical viewscreen in the physical space, wherein the image content comprises a graphical user interface; capturing images of the displayed image content; sharing ones of the captured images with the client network node to display in a graphical viewscreen interface in the context defined by the virtual area; receiving data describing communicant input in relation to the shared captured images from the client network node; based on the received data describing the communicant input, modifying the displaying of the image content on the physical viewscreen. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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