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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:
Nov. 22, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Rudolph C. Baron, Jr., Kennesaw, GA (US);

Andrew R. Jones, Round Rock, TX (US);

Michael L. Massimi, South Hamilton, MA (US);

Kevin C. McConnell, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01); G09G 5/14 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2013.01); G09G 5/14 (2013.01); H04L 12/1818 (2013.01); H04N 7/157 (2013.01); G09G 2340/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A solution for managing a videoconference is provided. Multiple virtual backgrounds can be stored, and a virtual background can be selected to be used for a first participant when he/she is conducting a videoconference with a second participant. The virtual background can be selected based on one or more attributes of the first and/or second participant, one or more attributes of the videoconference, and/or the like. The virtual backgrounds can be utilized, for example, to provide a desired perception, message, and/or the like, of a business entity to individuals outside of the business entity that are interacting with its personnel via videoconferencing. The virtual background can include static image data, a live video feed, a recorded video feed, a static web page of a business entity, and a non-static web page of the business entity.


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