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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Patrick D. Blattner, Sterling, VA (US);
John D. Robinson, South Riding, VA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G09G 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 13/40 (2013.01); H04L 12/582 (2013.01); H04L 51/00 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); G09G 5/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Avatars are used to graphically represent users in a communications session, and the avatars are capable of being animated. An indication of an animation of one of the avatars is received. Another avatar that represents another of the users is animated in response to, and based on, the animation of the avatar in the same communications session.