Motorola Corporation

Motorola Mobility LLC

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

General Instrument Corporation

Magdi a. Mohamed

Carl M. Danielsen

Mark a. Tarlton

Renxiang Li

Eric R. Buhrke

General Instrument Holdings, Inc.

Mark A Tarlton

Eric Rolse Buhrke

George Thomas Valliath

Magdi A Mohamed

Julius S Gyorfi

Juan M Lopez

Carl M Danielsen

Daniel S Servi

Eric R Buhrke

A method and system for collaborative communications is described. In one embodiment, a central virtual reality communications environment is created. A plurality of client communication devices are connected to the central virtual reality communications environment. Each one of the connected plurality of client communication devices are represented as an avatar present in the central virtual reality communications environment. An uploaded data object is received from any one of the connected plurality of client communication devices. Finally, the data object is displayed in the central virtual reality communications environment to the connected plurality of client communication devices.

Method and system for distributed collaborative communications

An apparatus, system and method for telepresence communications in an environment of a virtual location between two or more participants at multiple locations. First perspective data descriptive of the perspective of the virtual location environment experienced by a first participant at a first location and feature data extracted and/or otherwise captured from a second participant at a second location are processed to generate a first virtual representation of the second participant in the virtual environment from the perspective of the first participant. Likewise, second perspective data descriptive of the perspective of the virtual location environment experienced by the second participant and feature data extracted and/or otherwise captured from features of the first participant are processed to generate a second virtual representation of the first participant in the virtual environment from the perspective of the second participant. The first and second virtual representations are rendered and then displayed to the first and second participants, respectively. The first and second virtual representations are updated and redisplayed to the participants upon a change in one or more of the perspective data and feature data from which they are generated. The apparatus, system and method are scalable to two or more participants.

Method system and apparatus for telepresence communications utilizing video avatars

A first viewer () is activated to define and render a visualization of a first interactive virtual reality experience to a user. At least one first application () is selected for use with the first interactive virtual reality experience and at least one first event handler () associated with the at least one first application is responsively activated. State information is responsively stored in the viewer concerning the objects in the virtual reality experience, the selected at least one first application () and the at least one first event handler () in a memory. The first viewer (), the at least one first application (), and the at least one first event handler () are then deactivated and a second viewer () associated with a second interactive virtual reality experience is activated.

System and method for managing interaction in a virtual environment

A communication group is activated within a communication system () including an administrator device () and at least one subordinate device (). Each subordinate device () is programmed with a set of operation rules dependent upon communication source (), information content (), current time (), or geographic location (). The administrator device () dynamically changes the stored set of operation rules for the subordinate device () by communicating a change message.

Communication device operation management

A first language to second language translator () converts text comprising a message in a first language into text representing that message in a second language. A text to speech transducer () then synthesizes an audiblized version of the text in the second language. An animated display driver () creates a corresponding display () of an image () that includes a mouth () that moves appropriately and synchronously with respect to the audiblized second language. In other embodiments, other facial features can be animated as well. Such animation can be random and unrelated to the appearance of the original speaker. Or, such animation can accurately represent at least some alterations to facial features of the original speaker while speaking. In some embodiments, the facial features can be altered by correlating specific detected alterations with specific corresponding substantive content in the original message and the translated text.

Method and apparatus for providing an animated display with translated speech

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Mark A Tarlton