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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2023
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Miao Ren, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Connor A. Smith, San Mateo, CA (US);
Bruno M. Sommer, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tucker B. Morgan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/131 (2022.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04L 67/1095 (2022.01); H04L 67/30 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/131 (2022.05); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); H04L 67/30 (2013.01); H04L 67/535 (2022.05);
Abstract
Facilitating collaboration in a multi-user communication session may include, at a first device, providing a toolkit of system-level tools for interacting within the session with a second device. A first user interaction with a first tool is detected which results in a virtual modification to an environment of the first device. In response to the first user interaction, the virtual modification is provided for presentation in a second environment representation of the session corresponding to the second device.