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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Inventor:
Sigurd Van Broeck, Zoersel, BE;
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04N 7/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for conducting a video conference, said method comprising: visualizing representations of a plurality of conference participants on a display of a terminal; detecting a gazing direction of a user of said terminal; determining a first observation relationship between said user and a first one of said conference participants (U), said first one of said conference participants (U) being identified by correlating said detected gazing direction with a presently observed one of said visualized representations; and visually differentiating said representation of said first one of said conference participants (U).