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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Scott J. Hoover, Allen, TX (US);
Joseph A. Hilburn, Frisco, TX (US);
Paul V. Hubner, McKinney, TX (US);
Inventors:
Scott J. Hoover, Allen, TX (US);
Joseph A. Hilburn, Frisco, TX (US);
Paul V. Hubner, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/157 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach for providing virtual conferencing is described. A virtual conference platform receives, in real-time, images representing users of the respective mobile devices, selects a virtual environment among a plurality of virtual environments, and integrates the images into the selected virtual environment.