Communication and collaboration system using rich media environments
First Claim
1. A system for communication, comprising:
- a set of one or more rich media environments having a corresponding arrangement of sensing and rendering components;
interest thread detector that uses the sensing and rendering components to detect multiple communication interactions among a set of individuals and that maintains an interest thread for each communication interaction;
communication provider that for each interest thread captures a set of media data from the sensing components and that combines the captured media data in response to the activities of the individuals and that communicates the combined media data to the rendering components.
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Abstract
A system that enables communication and collaboration among individuals using rich media environments. A system according to the present techniques includes a set of rich media environments each having a corresponding arrangement of sensing and rendering components for sensing of and rendering to a corresponding set of individuals. A system according to the present techniques includes an interest thread detector that uses the sensing and rendering components to detect formation of multiple communication interactions among the individuals and that creates an interest thread for each detected communication interaction and further includes a communication provider that for each interest thread captures a set of media data from a corresponding subset of the sensing components and that combines the captured media data in response to the activities of the corresponding individuals and that communicates the combined media data to a corresponding subset of the rendering components.
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45 Claims
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1. A system for communication, comprising:
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a set of one or more rich media environments having a corresponding arrangement of sensing and rendering components;
interest thread detector that uses the sensing and rendering components to detect multiple communication interactions among a set of individuals and that maintains an interest thread for each communication interaction;
communication provider that for each interest thread captures a set of media data from the sensing components and that combines the captured media data in response to the activities of the individuals and that communicates the combined media data to the rendering components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for communication using a set of rich media environments each having a corresponding arrangement of sensing and rendering components, comprising the steps of:
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detecting multiple communication interactions among a set of individuals;
maintaining an interest thread for each detected communication interaction;
capturing a set of media data from the sensing components;
combining the captured media data in response to the activities of the individuals;
communicating the combined media data to the rendering components. - View Dependent Claims (23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer-readable storage media that contains a set of code that when executed provides communication among a set of rich media environments each having a corresponding arrangement of sensing and rendering components by performing the steps of:
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detecting multiple communication interactions among a set of individuals;
maintaining an interest thread for each detected communication interaction;
capturing a set of media data from the sensing components;
combining the captured media data in response to the activities of the individuals;
communicating the combined media data to the rendering components. - View Dependent Claims (24, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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