Methods and systems for visually deemphasizing a displayed persona
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1. A method carried out by a user-interface-management device, the method comprising:
- identifying, on a user interface, a persona-region location of a persona region of a displayed persona, wherein the displayed persona is representative of a presenter in an online data communication;
identifying, on the user interface, a user-interface-focus location;
making a persona-deemphasize determination based on a display distance between the identified persona-region location and the identified user-interface-focus location; and
in response to making the persona-deemphasize determination, visually deemphasizing the displayed persona.
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Abstract
Described herein are methods and systems for visually deemphasizing a displayed persona. At least one embodiment takes the form of a method carried out by a user-interface (UI)-management device. The UI-management device identifies a persona region of a displayed persona and identifies a user-interface-focus location. The UI-management device then makes a persona-deemphasize determination based on the identified persona region and the identified user-interface-focus location. In response to making the persona-deemphasize determination, the UI-management device visually deemphasizes the displayed persona.
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1. A method carried out by a user-interface-management device, the method comprising:
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identifying, on a user interface, a persona-region location of a persona region of a displayed persona, wherein the displayed persona is representative of a presenter in an online data communication; identifying, on the user interface, a user-interface-focus location; making a persona-deemphasize determination based on a display distance between the identified persona-region location and the identified user-interface-focus location; and in response to making the persona-deemphasize determination, visually deemphasizing the displayed persona. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A user-interface-management device comprising:
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a communication interface; a processor; and data storage containing instructions executable by the processor for causing the user-interface-management device to carry out a set of functions, the set of functions including; identifying, on a user interface, a persona-region location of a persona region of a displayed persona, wherein the displayed persona is representative of a presenter in an online data communication; identifying, on the user interface, a user-interface-focus location; making a persona-deemphasize determination based on a display distance between the identified persona-region location and the identified user-interface-focus location; and in response to making the persona-deemphasize determination, visually deemphasizing the displayed persona. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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