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Communicating between a virtual area and a physical space

  • US 9,851,863 B2
  • Filed: 02/20/2017
  • Issued: 12/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising by a client network node that has a client source of a respective data stream content type and a client sink of a respective data stream content type:

  • displaying a user interface comprising a representation of a virtual area that supports establishment of respective presences of communicants operating respective client network nodes, a representation of each of the communicants who is present in the virtual area, and a representation of an object associated with an apparatus in a physical space, wherein the apparatus has an apparatus sink that is complementary to the client source and an apparatus source that is complementary to the client sink;

    establishing a respective connection between each active pair of complementary sources and sinks of the client network node and the apparatus in association with the virtual area, wherein each connection supports transmission of the respective data stream content type between the apparatus and the client network node;

    presenting interaction controls associated with the object for interacting with communicants in the physical space.

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