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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2011
Applicants:

William Gibbens Redmann, Glendale, CA (US);

Mark J. Huber, Burbank, CA (US);

Mark Leroy Walker, Castaic, CA (US);

Inventors:

William Gibbens Redmann, Glendale, CA (US);

Mark J. Huber, Burbank, CA (US);

Mark Leroy Walker, Castaic, CA (US);

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing, Issy Les Moulineaux, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/141 (2013.01); H04N 7/144 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01); H04N 21/4402 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01);
Abstract

The sharing an image of a local participant in a group with at least one other participant in that group commences by establishing, for that local participant, orientation information indicative of an orientation of the communication channel local participant relative to a display screen and a video camera. The local participant sends his or her image of the local participant along with the orientation information to at least one other participant. The orientation information enables display of the image of the local participant with a common orientation recognized by the at least one other participant.


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