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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:
Apr. 10, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2017
Applicant:

Sococo, Inc., Eugene, OR (US);

Inventor:

Josh Moyers, Okland, CA (US);

Assignee:

Sococo, Inc., Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/046 (2013.01); G06F 9/4445 (2013.01); H04L 12/1827 (2013.01); H04L 65/608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0486 (2013.01);
Abstract

Examples of systems and methods for context based virtual area creation are described. Some examples provide a quick and easy way for users to wrap virtual areas around contexts of interest. Examples of such contexts may be defined in terms of one or more of content, people, and real-world location. The virtual areas support realtime communications between communicants (e.g., one or more of text chat, voice, video, application sharing, and file sharing) and provide a persistent historical repository for interactions in the virtual area. Summaries of activities and other events in virtual areas typically are published in realtime so that other communicants can readily obtain a quick summary of the activities occurring in a particular context and decide whether or not to join or otherwise participate in those activities.


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