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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Samuel Charles Mindlin, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kunal Jathal, North Hills, CA (US);
Shan Anis, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Mohammad Raheel Khalid, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G10L 21/10 (2013.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04L 65/60 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/403 (2013.01); G10L 21/10 (2013.01); H04L 65/764 (2022.05);
Abstract
An illustrative collaboration space provider system defines, within a virtual collaboration space, a sound boundary associated with a particular avatar located within the virtual collaboration space. The collaboration space provider system then prevents, based on the sound boundary, at least one direction of audio communication for a user represented by the particular avatar. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.