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DM Goldman, L Lanning - US Patent App. 12/986,932, 2011 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method and social media platform are provided for hosting Social media.
A virtual Social venue is provided comprising a virtual three-dimensional representation of a …

Automated selection of avatar characteristics for groups

J Arrasvuori, E Ollila - US Patent 8,832,552, 2014 - Google Patents
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Method and apparatus for providing group interaction via communications networks

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Shared virtual area communication environment based apparatus and methods

D Van Wie, PJ Brody - US Patent 8,191,001, 2012 - Google Patents
The embodiments that are described herein provide improved systems and methods for
navigating and interacting in virtual communication environments. These embodiments …

Presentation of enhanced communication between remote participants using augmented and virtual reality

T Barzuza, Y Wiener, O Modai - US Patent 9,959,676, 2018 - Google Patents
Embodiments disclosed herein provide methods, systems, and computer readable storage
media for presenting a meeting between remote participants. In a particular embodiment, a …

Detecting reactions and providing feedback to an interaction

SK Cunnington, RK Hegde, K Quinn, J Li… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
Reaction information of participants to an interaction may be sensed and analyzed to
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System and method for real-time, multi-user, interactive and collaborative environments on the web

LB Taing - US Patent 7,958,453, 2011 - Google Patents
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Spatial audio for audio conferencing

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Control of enhanced communication between remote participants using augmented and virtual reality

T Barzuza, Y Wiener, O Modai - US Patent 10,013,805, 2018 - Google Patents
Embodiments disclosed herein provide methods, systems, and computer readable storage
media for facilitating controlling a meeting between remote Augmented Reality (AR) and …

Dialog server for handling conversation in virtual space method and computer program for having conversation in virtual space

G Kurata, T Nagano, M Tatsubori - US Patent 8,156,184, 2012 - Google Patents
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