SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AVATAR CREATION AND SYNCHRONIZATION
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Abstract
A video communication system that replaces actual live images of the participating users with animated avatars. A method may include initiating communication between a first user device and a remote user device; receiving selection of a new avatar to represent a user of the first user device; identifying a new avatar file for the new avatar in an avatar database associated with the first user device; determining that the new avatar file is not present in a remote avatar database associated with the remote user device; and transmitting the new avatar file to the remote avatar database in response to determining that the new avatar file is not present in the remote avatar database.
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52 Claims
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28. A system for avatar synchronization between a first user device and a remote user device, the system comprising:
a first user device comprising; a communication module configured to transmit information to and receive information from the remote user device; one or more storage mediums having stored thereon, individually or in combination, instructions that when executed by one or more processors result in the following operations comprising; initiating communication between the first user device and the remote user device; receiving selection of a new avatar to represent a user of the first user device; identifying a new avatar file for the new avatar in an avatar database associated with the first user device; determining that the new avatar file is not present in a remote avatar database associated with the remote user device; and transmitting the new avatar file to the remote avatar database in response to determining that the new avatar file is not present in the remote avatar database. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. One or more storage mediums having stored thereon, individually or in combination, instructions that when executed by one or more processors result in the following operations comprising:
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initiating, by a first user device, communication between the first user device and a remote user device; receiving, by the first user device, selection of a new avatar to represent a user of the first user device; identifying, by the first user device, a new avatar file for the new avatar in an avatar database associated with the first user device; determining, by the first user device, that the new avatar file is not present in a remote avatar database associated with the remote user device; and transmitting, by the first user device, the new avatar file to the remote avatar database in response to determining that the new avatar file is not present in the remote avatar database. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. An apparatus for avatar synchronization between a first user device and a remote user device, the apparatus comprising:
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an avatar selection module and one or more interfaces for allowing a user to select a new avatar, the avatar selection module further identifying an avatar file from an avatar database to enable display of the new avatar at the remote user device during active communication between the first and the remote user devices; and a communication module configured to transmit the avatar file to the remote user device. - View Dependent Claims (52)
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