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Positional sensitive interaction functionality

  • US 9,794,514 B1
  • Filed: 06/03/2016
  • Issued: 10/17/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of facilitating an online multiparty interaction, comprising:

  • sending an instruction to a first communication device participating in a multiparty interaction that causes the first communication device to display, via a graphical user interface of the first communication device, an interaction workspace comprising a presentation area, an audience area, and a plurality of icons distributed between the presentation area and the audience area, each icon corresponding to a communication device participating in the multiparty interaction, the plurality of icons comprising a first icon corresponding to the first communication device;

    providing a first set of interaction capabilities to the first communication device when the first icon is displayed in the presentation area, the first set of interaction capabilities comprising a transmission capability enabling the first communication device to transmit presentation communications to each communication device corresponding to an icon displayed in the audience area; and

    providing a second set of interaction capabilities to the first communication device when the first icon is displayed in the audience area, the second set of interaction capabilities being different than the first set of interaction capabilities and comprising a reception capability enabling the first communication device to receive presentation communications from a communication device corresponding to an icon displayed in the presentation area.

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