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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:
Jul. 28, 2020

Filed:

May. 15, 2017
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robbie Tilton, San Francisco, CA (US);

Robert Carl Jagnow, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jon Michael Wiley, San Jose, CA (US);

Lauren Levine, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/75 (2014.01); A63F 13/71 (2014.01); A63F 13/79 (2014.01); A63F 13/87 (2014.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/75 (2014.09); A63F 13/71 (2014.09); A63F 13/79 (2014.09); A63F 13/87 (2014.09); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2013.01); G06K 9/00671 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); A63F 2300/8082 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for controlling a co-presence virtual environment for a first user and a second user includes: determining a first avatar's restricted space in the co-presence virtual environment, the first avatar correspond to the first user of the co-presence virtual environment; receiving user position data from a first computing device associated with the first user and determining the first avatar's location within the co-presence virtual environment; when the first avatar's location is within the first avatar's restricted space, communicating first co-presence virtual environment modification data to the first computing device; and communicating second co-presence virtual environment modification data to a second computing device associated with the second user.


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