公开(公告)号：US20100169796A1

公开(公告)日：2010-07-01

申请号：US12344569

申请日：2008-12-28

申请人： John Chris Lynk ,  Arn Hyndman

发明人： John Chris Lynk ,  Arn Hyndman

IPC分类号： G06F3/14

CPC分类号： A63F13/537 ,  A63F13/10 ,  A63F13/87 ,  A63F2300/306 ,  A63F2300/5553 ,  A63F2300/572 ,  A63F2300/6081 ,  H04L67/38

摘要： A method and apparatus for providing a visual indication of audio context in a computer-generated virtual environment is provided. In one embodiment, visual indicators of which other Avatars are within communication distance of an Avatar may be generated and provided to the user associated with the Avatar. The visual indication may be provided for Avatars within the viewing area regardless of whether the other Avatar is visible or not. The visual indication may be provided for Avatars outside of the viewing area as well. When Avatars are engaged in a communication session, an indication of which Avatars are involved as well as which Avatar is currently speaking may be provided. Context may be user specific and established for each user of the virtual environment based on the location of that user's Avatar within the virtual environment and the relative location of other users' Avatars within the virtual environment.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于在计算机生成的虚拟环境中提供音频上下文的视觉指示的方法和装置。 在一个实施例中，可以生成其他头像在“化身”的通信距离内的视觉指示符，并将其提供给与“阿凡达”相关联的用户。 视觉指示可以提供给观看区域内的头像，而不管其他头像是否可见。 视觉指示也可以在观看区域之外为头像提供。 当化身从事通信会话时，可以提供涉及哪个头像以及当前使用哪个头像的指示。 基于虚拟环境中的该用户的头像的位置以及虚拟环境中的其他用户头像的相对位置，可以为虚拟环境的每个用户建立上下文。

公开(公告)号：US20100169795A1

公开(公告)日：2010-07-01

申请号：US12344562

申请日：2008-12-28

申请人： Arn Hyndman ,  Nicholas Sauriol ,  Christopher Andrew Hatko

发明人： Arn Hyndman ,  Nicholas Sauriol ,  Christopher Andrew Hatko

IPC分类号： G06F3/048

CPC分类号： G06F9/542 ,  G06F9/451 ,  G06F2209/545

摘要： Interaction with web content in a web browser can control actions in an embedded virtual environment, and events in the virtual environment can be used to update content and applications running in the web browser. In one embodiment, particular events in the virtual environment are passed to a mapping component that listens for triggers and issues commands in the web browser. A JavaScript mapping component may be used to listen for the triggers, capture parameters associated with the trigger, lookup the trigger type in a mapping table, and call a mapped JavaScript function with the trigger parameters. In the reverse direction, if a JavaScript function call is entered in the web browser, the JavaScript function invokes a function exposed by a virtual environment plugin. The plug-in invokes an event within the virtual environment so that interaction with the web content can control actions in the virtual environment.

摘要翻译： 与Web浏览器中的Web内容交互可以控制嵌入式虚拟环境中的操作，虚拟环境中的事件可用于更新在Web浏览器中运行的内容和应用程序。 在一个实施例中，虚拟环境中的特定事件被传递到监视触发器并在web浏览器中发出命令的映射组件。 可以使用JavaScript映射组件监听触发器，捕获与触发相关的参数，在映射表中查找触发器类型，并使用触发器参数调用映射的JavaScript函数。 在相反的方向，如果在Web浏览器中输入JavaScript函数调用，JavaScript函数将调用虚拟环境插件公开的函数。 插件调用虚拟环境中的事件，以便与Web内容的交互可以控制虚拟环境中的操作。

公开(公告)号：US20100164956A1

公开(公告)日：2010-07-01

申请号：US12344522

申请日：2008-12-28

申请人： Arn Hyndman ,  Nicholas Sauriol

发明人： Arn Hyndman ,  Nicholas Sauriol

IPC分类号： G06T5/20

CPC分类号： G06Q10/08 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/04815 ,  G06T7/70

摘要： Avatars focal points are monitored as the Avatars move within a virtual environment to determine, statistically, where users are looking at in the virtual environment. The Avatar's focal point may be used to control a virtual brush that may paint the virtual environment in an attention monitoring function. A statistical distribution about the focal point is used to affect the coloration, and other known information about the virtual environment may be used to affect the statistics. As attention records from multiple users are collected, they may be overlaid to obtain a very accurate picture of how users are interacting with the virtual environment and with objects in the virtual environment. The attention monitoring function may generate a thermal overlay to the virtual environment to visually show where users tend to focus within the virtual environment. Users' attention on three dimensional and graphic objects may be monitored as well.

摘要翻译： 监视头像焦点，因为化身在虚拟环境中移动，以统统地确定用户在虚拟环境中的位置。 “阿凡达”的焦点可用于控制可以在注意监视功能中绘制虚拟环境的虚拟画笔。 使用关于焦点的统计分布来影响着色，并且可以使用关于虚拟环境的其他已知信息来影响统计。 由于收集了多个用户的注意记录，因此可以将其重叠，以获得用户如何与虚拟环境和虚拟环境中的对象进行交互的非常准确的图片。 注意监视功能可以产生对虚拟环境的热覆盖，以便在虚拟环境中可视地显示用户倾向于聚焦的位置。 也可以监视用户对三维和图形对象的注意。

公开(公告)号：US20080282080A1

公开(公告)日：2008-11-13

申请号：US12152086

申请日：2008-05-12

申请人： Arn Hyndman ,  Nicholas Sauriol

发明人： Arn Hyndman ,  Nicholas Sauriol

IPC分类号： H04L9/32 ,  H04L9/00

CPC分类号： H04L41/5003 ,  H04L41/0863 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L47/10 ,  H04L63/0218 ,  H04L63/20

摘要： Hosts connecting to the network implement an adaptive networks client that monitors other applications on the host and provides information to an adaptive networks server to provide information about traffic being generated by the host. The client may also capture information about the user, host, access type, and other information of interest. The information provided by the adaptive network client may allow the network to adapt to the user, the device, the application, and the protocol being used. Users and applications can be authenticated and trusted. From a network standpoint, having a trusted client associated with the host allows the same benefits as deep packet inspection, regardless of whether the traffic is encrypted, and without requiring the network elements to actually perform deep packet inspection. The administrator may also centrally apply policy to control which applications are allowed to run on the hosts.

摘要翻译： 连接到网络的主机实现自适应网络客户端，其监视主机上的其他应用，并向自适应网络服务器提供信息，以提供有关由主机生成的流量的信息。 客户端还可以捕获有关用户，主机，访问类型和感兴趣的其他信息的信息。 由自适应网络客户端提供的信息可允许网络适应用户，设备，应用和所使用的协议。 用户和应用程序可以进行身份​​验证和信任。 从网络的角度来看，具有与主机相关联的可信客户允许与深度分组检查相同的优点，而不管业务是否被加密，并且不需要网元实际执行深度分组检查。 管理员还可以集中应用策略来控制允许哪些应用程序在主机上运行。

公开(公告)号：US20060126521A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-15

申请号：US11301718

申请日：2005-12-13

申请人： Arn Hyndman ,  John Lynk

发明人： Arn Hyndman ,  John Lynk

IPC分类号： H04J3/14 ,  H04L12/28

CPC分类号： H04L43/10 ,  H04L41/12

摘要： An optical provisioning system includes a connection tree table that allows a path to be traced through the network using connection ID, rate, and other information at the nodes on the network. As connections are built, a connection graphics panel is provided to display a representation of the network elements and topology between the network elements. Where topology is not known, it may be entered into the optical provisioning system and shown using a different graphical display element. Within a node, the connections may be built by specifying protection, routing, and optionally concatenation, via a visually intuitive user interface. Termination for the connection may be specified using a port and payload selector dialog that enables information associated with the port to be displayed to improve the port selection process and enables available channels to be viewed in a graphical manner.

摘要翻译： 光学配置系统包括连接树表，其允许通过网络使用网络上的节点处的连接ID，速率和其他信息来跟踪路径。 当建立连接时，提供连接图形面板以显示网络元件的表示和网络元件之间的拓扑。 在不知道拓扑的情况下，可以将其输入到光供应系统中并且使用不同的图形显示元件示出。 在一个节点内，连接可以通过视觉直观的用户界面指定保护，路由和可选连接来构建。 可以使用端口和有效载荷选择器对话框来指定连接的终止，该对话框使得能够显示与端口相关联的信息以改善端口选择过程并且使得可以以图形方式查看可用信道。

公开(公告)号：US09588783B1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-07

申请号：US12154718

申请日：2008-05-27

申请人： Dany Syvain ,  Nicholas Sauriol ,  Arn Hyndman

发明人： Dany Syvain ,  Nicholas Sauriol ,  Arn Hyndman

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F9/06 ,  G06F9/44

CPC分类号： G06F9/453 ,  G06F9/06 ,  G06F9/451 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06F17/30873

摘要： References between three dimensional computer-generated virtual environments may be used to enable objects, activities, and Avatars to move between and within multiple virtual environments hosted by multiple different virtual environment servers/server systems. Links may be used to reference particular locations and orientations within target virtual environments. Vistas may also be created to allow a view into a target virtual environment to be presented to a user in a resident virtual environment. Links and vistas may be combined to create portals, whereby a user may be presented with a view of a target virtual environment in the resident virtual environment. The view of the target virtual environment may be caused to change as the user approaches the vista or moves relative to the vista to make it appear like the user is seeing into the target virtual environment. If the user goes through the vista the link may transport the user into the target virtual environment.

摘要翻译： 可以使用三维计算机生成的虚拟环境之间的引用来使对象，活动和化身在多个不同的虚拟环境服务器/服务器系统托管的多个虚拟环境之间和之间移动。 链接可用于引用目标虚拟环境中的特定位置和方向。 也可以创建Vistas以允许将视图转换为在常驻虚拟环境中的用户呈现给目标虚拟环境。 链接和视野可以组合以创建门户，由此可以在驻留的虚拟环境中向用户呈现目标虚拟环境的视图。 可能导致目标虚拟环境的视图随着用户接近远景而相对于远景移动，以使其看起来像用户看到目标虚拟环境中一样。 如果用户通过vista，链接可能会将用户传输到目标虚拟环境中。

公开(公告)号：US09392037B2

公开(公告)日：2016-07-12

申请号：US12344550

申请日：2008-12-28

申请人： Arn Hyndman ,  Nicholas Sauriol

发明人： Arn Hyndman ,  Nicholas Sauriol

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04M3/42

CPC分类号： H04L65/4015 ,  H04L67/38 ,  H04M3/42221 ,  H04M2201/22 ,  H04M2203/301

摘要： Each person to a communication session records their contributions to the communication session. Metadata is maintained for each contribution to identify the time of the contribution and any other useful information to enable the content of the contribution to be accessed at a later point in time. When a portion of the communication session is to be recreated, the people involved in the communication session are requested to provide their contributions for a particular period of time or all contributions associated with a particular topic. Users will then select and forward previously recorded contributions that they are willing to have included in the recreation. By collecting contributions from the individuals involved in the communication session, the intended portion of the communication session may be recreated. Since each person is recording their own contribution to the communication session, no explicit permission is required to record the conversation.

摘要翻译： 通信会议的每个人都记录他们对通信会话的贡献。 维护每个贡献的元数据以识别贡献的时间和任何其他有用的信息，以使得能够在稍后的时间点访问贡献的内容。 当通信会话的一部分被重新创建时，参与通信会话的人被要求在特定时间段或与特定主题相关联的所有贡献中提供其贡献。 然后，用户将选择并转发他们愿意包括在娱乐中的以前记录的贡献。 通过从参与通信会话的个人收集贡献，可以重新创建通信会话的预期部分。 由于每个人都在通信会话中记录自己的贡献，所以不需要明确的许可来记录会话。

公开(公告)号：US09165327B1

公开(公告)日：2015-10-20

申请号：US12344478

申请日：2008-12-27

申请人： Arn Hyndman ,  Malgorzata Hyndman ,  Nicholas Sauriol

发明人： Arn Hyndman ,  Malgorzata Hyndman ,  Nicholas Sauriol

IPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q50/00

CPC分类号： G06Q50/01

摘要： A handheld electronic device includes one or more networking applications that enables the handheld electronic devices to be used as a networking device. The networking application monitors the types of contact that the user has with individuals, the frequency of contact, and type of contact, to infer the closeness of the relationships between the user and the contact. The networking application may monitor not only network based contact, but also physical contact between the two individuals. Knowledge of the closeness level may enable the handheld electronic device to classify contacts, so that different contacts may be handled differently by the handheld electronic device. The closeness level may also be used to alert the user to the presence of people that are close contacts. An anonymizing service may be provided to enable communications between people without requiring them to exchange sensitive personal information until the closeness level reaches a particular threshold.

摘要翻译： 手持电子设备包括使得手持电子设备能够用作网络设备的一个或多个网络应用。 网络应用程序监视用户与个人的联系类型，联系频率和联系人类型，以推断用户和联系人之间的关系的接近程度。 网络应用程序不仅可以监控基于网络的联系，还可以监视两个人之间的身体接触。 熟悉接近程度可以使得手持式电子设备能够对触点进行分类，从而手持式电子设备可以不同地处理不同的触点。 亲密度也可以用来提醒用户密切接触的人的存在。 可以提供匿名服务以实现人之间的通信，而不需要他们交换敏感的个人信息，直到亲密度达到特定阈值。

公开(公告)号：US08605863B1

公开(公告)日：2013-12-10

申请号：US12344465

申请日：2008-12-27

申请人： Nicholas Sauriol ,  Arn Hyndman ,  Paul To

发明人： Nicholas Sauriol ,  Arn Hyndman ,  Paul To

IPC分类号： H04M1/24

CPC分类号： H04L65/4015 ,  H04L67/38 ,  H04M3/42221 ,  H04M2201/22 ,  H04M2203/301

摘要： A method and apparatus for providing a state indication on a voice communication session such as a telephone call or communication session implemented as part of a virtual environment enables the quality of the audio on the voice communication session to be altered depending on the state of the communication session. When the communication session is in a state other than normal state, the audio may be colored in a particular manner so that the user can tell, from the quality of the audio, what state the communication session is in. For example, when the client device is on Mute, the audio may be colored to enable the audio to have distinct qualities while on mute that are different than the audio qualities while not on mute. Other types of coloration may be used to indicate other states. In this way, the audio qualities presented to the user may be used to notify the user of the state the communication session.

摘要翻译： 用于在诸如作为虚拟环境的一部分实现的电话呼叫或通信会话的语音通信会话上提供状态指示的方法和装置使得可以根据通信的状态来改变语音通信会话上的音频的质量 会话 当通信会话处于除了正常状态之外的状态时，音频可以以特定的方式着色，以便用户可以从音频的质量来告知通信会话的状态。例如，当客户端 设备处于静音状态，音频可能会着色，以使音频在静音时具有不同音质，而不会静音。 其他类型的着色可以用于指示其他状态。 以这种方式，呈现给用户的音频质量可以用于向用户通知通信会话的状态。

公开(公告)号：US08584026B2

公开(公告)日：2013-11-12

申请号：US12344686

申请日：2008-12-29

申请人： John Chris Lynk ,  Arn Hyndman

发明人： John Chris Lynk ,  Arn Hyndman

IPC分类号： G06F3/048

CPC分类号： G06F3/04815 ,  G06F9/453

摘要： When new users are first introduced to virtual environments, the new users may be confused and uncertain as to how to interact with the virtual environment. Several new user orientation features have been added to the virtual environment user interface to help orient new users to the three dimensional computer-generated virtual environment and to prevent the new users from making common mistakes. Example beginning user orientation features include clearly distinguishing when the user is interacting with the virtual environment and when the user is interacting with virtual environment application controls, limiting the vertical field of view of the new user's Avatar to prevent the user from becoming stuck looking straight up or straight down, providing the user with visual feedback when switching between first and third person points of view, and providing the user with clear instructions as to how to control their Avatar and how to reenter the virtual environment.

摘要翻译： 当新用户首次引入虚拟环境时，新用户可能会对如何与虚拟环境进行交互感到困惑和不确定。 已经在虚拟环境用户界面添加了几个新的用户导向功能，以帮助将新用户导向三维计算机生成的虚拟环境，并防止新用户发生常见错误。 开始的用户导向功能的示例包括明确区分用户何时与虚拟环境交互，以及用户在与虚拟环境应用控件进行交互时，限制新用户的头像的垂直视野，以防止用户直视 或直接向下，在第一和第三人之间切换时向用户提供视觉反馈，并向用户提供关于如何控制他们的头像以及如何重新进入虚拟环境的明确指令。