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Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2011
Applicants:

Shantanu Sarkar, San Jose, CA (US);

Laurent Philonenko, San Francisco, CA (US);

Cary A. Bran, Seattle, WA (US);

Ali Ebrahami, Fairview, TX (US);

Inventors:

Shantanu Sarkar, San Jose, CA (US);

Laurent Philonenko, San Francisco, CA (US);

Cary A. Bran, Seattle, WA (US);

Ali Ebrahami, Fairview, TX (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1641 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques and configurations for an apparatus are provided for creating and managing meetings using gestures. Movements of a user's hand in a three-dimensional space are detected. The hand movements in the three-dimensional space are interpreted to identify a gesture intended by the user to set up or manage a meeting among a plurality of persons. An electronic command is generated from the detected gesture to set up or manage the meeting.


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