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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jakob Olof Engstrand, London, GB;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A user terminal comprising: a network interface; a display; and a communications module configured to: receive video data from at least one further user terminal over a communications network during a communication event with said at least one further user terminal via said network interface; receive location information from said at least one further user terminal over the communications network via said network interface; in response to receiving said location information, display a map on said display, said map displaying a plurality of locations; and for each of said at least one further user terminal, control the video data received from said further user terminal to be displayed on said display to provide a visual indication of the location of said further user terminal at one of said plurality of locations.