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Mark R Gibson

Bojana Ostojic

William Hong Vong

Jeffrey C Fong

Jean-Luc Rene Bouthemy

Kort Danner Sands

Christopher Alan Glein

Mark D Mackenzie

Jared Cheshier

Brian Douglas

William T Flora

Mark S Newell

Benjamin N Alton

Kathryn L Parker

Rodger William Benson

Mark Jeffrey Weinberg

Tandy Woodson Trower, Ii

Christopher D Williams

Molly Scoville Rhoten

Mark Daniel MacKenzie

Marc S Oshiro

Velvet Hice

Danny Ivy

Kyle Friehauf

Techniques and architectures for establishing and/or evaluating a communication session that enables users from the same physical environment, different physical environments, or a combination to interact in a virtual coordinate system and perceive each other as being present are described herein. In some examples, representations of users may be aligned within a coordinate system while maintaining spatial alignment of the user in a physical environment and/or spatial alignment of the representations in another coordinate system. In some examples, a representation of a user may be output to another user in a manner that is aligned to input for the user. In some examples, a human model may be created for a user and used to provide representations of users that map to a human. In some examples, a representation of a user may be evaluated to determine if the representation is properly aligned to the user and/or a coordinate system.

Evaluating alignment of inputs and outputs for virtual environments

Reference frames for virtual environments

Aligning virtual representations to inputs and outputs

Switching between an arm's length user interface and a distance user interface is provided. A first user interface optimized to operate a computer from an arm's-length distance is presented on a display. A command is received. It is determined whether the command is from a wired device or a wirelessly-connected device. When the command is from a wired device, then the first user interface continues to be presented. When the command is from a wirelessly-connected device, then the display is toggled from the first user interface to the distance user interface. The distance user interface is optimized for operating the computer from a television-viewing distance. The television-viewing distance measured in feet is approximately half of a diagonal measure of the image displayed on the display device measured in inches.

User interface for operating a computer from a distance

A hand-held golf tee tool which ensures a consistent vertical placement of a golf tee comprises a 'T'-shaped body. The body includes a recess which mimics the shape of a golf tee in order to retain the golf tee via friction fit for placement in a desired ground area. Height adjustment segments are removably attached to a lower surface of the body to increase the height of the golf tee.

Golf tee positioning tool

A method of overlaying layers of a user interface on a display of a computing device is presented herein. In a preferred embodiment, while a media item is displayed within the user interface, an overlay having features associated with the media item being displayed on the user interface is layered on top of the user interface such that the media item beneath the overlay layer is at least partially viewable through the overlay layer.

Media user interface layers and overlays

A new user interface, a distance user interface, in a computer system for operating a computer from a television-viewing distance is provided. A centralized display is provided enabling a user to access streaming video and sound as well as music files, video files, and picture files from a single screen. Collaborative sharing of media content is provided by enabling a computer's operations and feedback to be collectively observed from a distance.

Embodiments of a media user interface are presented herein. In one embodiment, a plurality of representations of media items is arranged into a plurality of groups such that the plurality of groups of representations are horizontally navigated like a carousel. In another embodiment, the plurality of representations of media items is presented based on user selection of data associated with features of the media items. Yet in another embodiment where a plurality of representations is vertically aligned, navigating a representation causes vertical space between the representation and another representation next to it to be increased and causes representations of a sub-category of the representation to be displayed within the increased space.

Media user interface left/right navigation

Outputting a user interface having a list of a plurality of representations of media items on a display of a computing device is presented. In one embodiment, a center locking region (CLR) is defined in the user interface and covers a portion of the plurality of representations, wherein navigation from a first representation within the CLR to a second representation outside the CLR causes a scrolling of the second representation into the CLR on one horizontal side and a scrolling of a third representation within the CLR out of the CLR on the other horizontal side while navigation through a portion of the plurality of representations within the CLR causes no scrolling. In another embodiment, a gap indicating a beginning and an end of the list is displayed and a scrolling occurs when the gap is within the CLR and a horizontal navigation within the CLR is performed.

Media user interface gallery control

Systems and methods for transitioning between alternate views when rendering A/V content in a computing system are provided. In various embodiments, a 'Now Playing' state is exposed to a user experiencing media on a media device via a user interface, wherein the 'Now Playing' state has a plurality of associated &#x201c;Now Playing&#x201d; views. The user interface allows the user to change &#x201c;Now Playing&#x201d; views based on media type and, if desirable, offer quick access settings. Advantageously, when transitioning between or cycling through the &#x201c;Now Playing&#x201d; views, the state of the user interface remains the &#x201c;Now Playing&#x201d; state.

Systems and methods for providing alternate views when rendering audio/video content in a computing system

User interface for a portion of a display screen

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Mark R Gibson