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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jaron Lanier, Berkeley, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The techniques disclosed herein provide controlled user interface transitions for private breakout communication sessions. A system provides a Together Mode user interface that gives participants of a communication session a feeling that they are in the same room. When a person joins a communication session, a system uses a seating policy to determine a location of that user. That user is placed near or next to a select user. A policy is applied when users meet one or more conditions. If a number of people join the communication session, each person is ranked according to an organizational chart and each person is positioned and ordered relative to the select user according to each person's rank. The system configures the updated user interface arrangement to maintain the position of the select group of the participants.