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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2018
Applicant:
Sococo, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Eric Cozzi, Hayward, CA (US);
David Van Wie, Eugene, OR (US);
Paul J. Brody, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Matthew Leacock, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
SOCOCO, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/1006 (2013.01); H04L 65/608 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04L 67/24 (2013.01); H04L 67/38 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A persistent virtual area that supports establishment of respective presences of communicants operating respective network nodes connected to the virtual area even after all network nodes have disconnected from the virtual area is maintained. A presence in the virtual area is established for a user of a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) terminal device. Transmission of data associated with the virtual area to the PSTN terminal device.