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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2018
The Travelers Indemnity Company, Hartford, CT (US);
Ryan M. Scanlon, East Hampton, CT (US);
Douglas L. Roy, Plantsville, CT (US);
The Travelers Indemnity Company, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for facilitating collaboration between a local user or team in a meeting space and one or more remote users outside the meeting space are provided. The virtual co-location system may include, for example, an IOT device including sensors, a microphone, a beacon light, a speaker, a user control interface (e.g., including a control input adjusted by the local user, the user control interface producing an electronic control signal representing a setting of a control device), and/or a local microprocessor for executing local collaboration software. The virtual co-location systems and methods may also or alternatively include a remote computer having a remote microprocessor for executing remote collaboration software.