Methods and systems to facilitate real time communications in virtual reality

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8601386
APP PUB NO 20080263458A1
SERIAL NO

11738235

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Methods and systems for connecting people for real time communications via a virtual reality environment. One embodiment includes: receiving a call for a real time communication session at a virtual object presented in a virtual reality world; indicating to a plurality of residents of the virtual reality world that the virtual object is being called; and responsive to an input from one resident of the plurality of residents, connecting the call to the resident for a real time communication session.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Altberg, Ebbe Mill Valley, US 134 7866
Faber, Scott San Francisco, US 158 9046
Hirson, Ron San Francisco, US 151 8284
Lyon, Ben Harris San Francisco, US 21 1703
Manca, Paul G Oakland, US 46 2561
Van, Der Linden Sean Berkeley, US 139 7416
Yang, Virginia Hong-Jia Foster City, US 18 1568

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