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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Richard Pilot, Bishopstoke, GB;

Philip Jones, Hook, GB;

Matthew Bailey, Basingstoke, GB;

Andrew J. Daniel, Eastleigh, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for displaying a virtual item, generated by a user, in a physical space shared with other users, in an augmented reality environment, comprising of forming segments in the physical space, designating a designated interaction type of the segment for placing the virtual item, placing the virtual item, generated by the user, into the segment based on a comparison between the interaction type of the virtual item and the designated interaction type of the segment, and updating a user-accessible repository comprising information on the interaction type of a virtual item and the segment the virtual item is placed in.


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