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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2011
Applicants:
Matthew Leacock, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Van Wie, Eugene, OR (US);
Paul J. Brody, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Leacock, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Van Wie, Eugene, OR (US);
Paul J. Brody, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Social Communications Company, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A user's presence is established in a particular zone of a virtual area that is assigned to the user. An indication of the user's presence in the particular zone is transmitted to each communicant who has a respective relationship tie with the user that satisfies a governance rule that is associated with the particular zone.