Interactive communication between a plurality of users
First Claim
1. A method of interactive communication between a plurality of users, including:
- (a) displaying a conversation display space having at least two dimensions;
(b) displaying a plurality of orientation controls, each having a corresponding user space, within the conversation display space;
(c) enabling a user to move or reorient an associated orientation control relative to at least one other orientation control within the conversation display space; and
(d) enabling communication of content between at least two user spaces corresponding to such orientation controls.
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Abstract
A novel system, method, and computer program for interactive communication among a plurality of users. The invention, called Holocene Conversation Mode (“HCM”), takes advantage of the observation that human beings have developed or utilize a number of real-world characteristics to participate in, perceive, control, and glean subtleties from conversations. These characteristics include proximity and orientation of a listener to other speakers, memory ageing, emphasis by a speaker, relative importance of a speaker to a listener, reputation of a speaker, and the unique human ability to “filter” words of special interest to a listener from overheard conversations. HCM includes a suite of techniques, including spatial and content compression as a function of some of such characteristics, that can be implemented in various combinations in computer software. HCM supports other forms of user interaction, such as allowing a user to give or send an object to another user, or to allow a user to take an object from another user. In addition, HCM supports “kiosks”, in which users can interact with non-human resources in the context of a host-defined environment.
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128 Claims
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1. A method of interactive communication between a plurality of users, including:
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(a) displaying a conversation display space having at least two dimensions;
(b) displaying a plurality of orientation controls, each having a corresponding user space, within the conversation display space;
(c) enabling a user to move or reorient an associated orientation control relative to at least one other orientation control within the conversation display space; and
(d) enabling communication of content between at least two user spaces corresponding to such orientation controls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89)
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46. A method of interactive communication between a plurality of users, including:
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(a) displaying a conversation display space having at least two dimensions;
(b) displaying a plurality of user spaces within the conversation display space;
(c) enabling a user to move or reorient an associated user space relative to at least one other user space within the conversation display space; and
(d) enabling communication of content between at least two user spaces.
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90. A method of interactive communication between a plurality of users, including:
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(a) displaying a conversation display universe;
(b) displaying, within the conversation display universe, a corresponding user space for each of a plurality of users;
(c) enabling each user to input content within the user space corresponding to such user, and communicating such content to the corresponding user space of at least one other user; and
(d) for at least one user, displaying selected amounts of content communicated by each other user within the user space corresponding to each such other user. - View Dependent Claims (91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96)
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97. A method of interactive communication between a plurality of users, including:
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(a) displaying a conversation display universe;
(b) displaying, within the conversation display universe, a corresponding user space for each of a plurality of users;
(c) enabling each user to input content within the user space corresponding to such user, and communicating such content to the corresponding user space of at least one other user;
(d) for at least one user, displaying the content communicated by each other user within the user space corresponding to each such other user; and
(e) selectively varying the size of such content. - View Dependent Claims (98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103)
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104. A method of interactive communication between a plurality of users, including:
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(a) displaying a conversation display universe;
(b) displaying, within the conversation display universe, a corresponding user space for each of a plurality of users;
(c) enabling each user to input content within the user space corresponding to such user, and communicating such content to the corresponding user space of at least one other user; and
(d) varying the size of the user spaces. - View Dependent Claims (105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126, 128)
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114. A method of interactive communication between a plurality of users, including:
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(a) displaying a conversation display universe;
(b) displaying, within the conversation display universe, a corresponding user space for each of a plurality of users;
(c) enabling each user to input content within the user space corresponding to such user, and communicating such content to the corresponding user space of at least one other user; and
(d) applying filtering criteria to select at least one user space.
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125. A method of interactive communication, including:
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(a) displaying a conversation display space having at least two dimensions;
(b) displaying at least one orientation control, each having a corresponding user space, within the conversation display space;
(c) displaying at least one kiosk within the conversation display space;
(d) enabling a user to move or reorient an associated orientation control relative to the at least one kiosk within the conversation display space; and
(e) enabling interaction between the user space corresponding to the orientation control associated with such user and a kiosk.
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127. A method of interactive communication, including:
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(a) displaying a conversation display space having at least two dimensions;
(b) displaying at least one user space within the conversation display space;
(c) displaying at least one kiosk within the conversation display space;
(d) enabling a user to move or reorient an associated user space relative to the at least one kiosk within the conversation display space; and
(e) enabling interaction between the user space associated with such user and a kiosk.
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