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Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2016
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Gary I. Givental, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Kaleb D. Walton, Fenton, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2013.01); G06K 9/0061 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04L 12/1831 (2013.01);
Abstract

Eye tracking for the purpose of detecting attendee disengagement with respect to a presentation including a visual display communicated over a network. The eye tracking method includes: during a play of the presentation, tracking eye positions of a set of control party(ies); during a play of the presentation, tracking eye positions of a set of non-control party(ies); determining a set of divergence value(s) corresponding to divergence between the eye position(s) of the control party(ies) and the non-control party(ies); and determining a disengagement value corresponding to relative disengagement of the non-control party(ies) based, at least in part on the set of divergence value(s).


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