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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:
Apr. 30, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2022
Applicant:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brandon Francis, New York, NY (US);

Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Long Island City, NY (US);

Walton Lin, Chatham, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04L 67/54 (2022.01); H04S 1/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G08B 3/10 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 67/54 (2022.05); H04S 1/007 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04804 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting change of presence sounds within a virtual working environment. The program and method provide for receiving, from a first client device of a first participant of a group of participants within a virtual working environment, interaction data relating to the first participant being present at the first client device, the group of participants having been selected from among plural participants of the virtual working environment; determining a change in presence of the first participant with respect to the first client device; generating, in response to the determining, a sound corresponding to the change in presence; and providing the generated sound to one or more second client devices of respective one or more second participants of the group of participants, for presentation on the one or more second client devices.


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