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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:
Mar. 06, 2018

Filed:

May. 26, 2016
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrey Doronichev, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ben Schrom, San Francisco, CA (US);

Antonio Bernardo Monteiro Costa, San Francisco, CA (US);

Ana Krulec, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Jon Bedard, New York, NY (US);

Jennifer Holland, New York, NY (US);

David Louis Bergman Quaid, New York, NY (US);

Yunxin Zheng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G09B 5/06 (2006.01); G09B 5/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/147 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04W 4/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/147 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G09B 5/065 (2013.01); G09B 5/10 (2013.01); G09G 5/003 (2013.01); H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); H04W 4/206 (2013.01); G09G 2370/02 (2013.01); G09G 2370/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a general aspect, a system can include a leader device. The leader device can include an interface configured to display a plurality of preview images, each preview image corresponding with respective virtual reality (VR) content. The leader device also include a selection device configured to select a preview image of the plurality of preview images and a leader application configured to control presentation of the respective VR content associated with the selected preview image. The system can further include a plurality of participant devices that are operationally coupled with the leader device. Each participant device of the plurality of participant devices can be configured to, responsive to the leader device, display at least one image included in the respective VR content corresponding with the selected preview image.


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