System and methodology for video conferencing and internet chatting in a cocktail party style
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May 6, 2003
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Feb 11, 2000
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A system and method is provided that allows participants in an electronic conference room to move to any spatial location in the electronic conference room by simply clicking and dragging, using a computer mouse, a graphical image representing the participant to any location in the electronic conference room. This allows participants to form small groups for communicating similar to a cocktail party situation. A communication media allows participants to communicate with one another within their particular groups. The participants can communicate though the graphical images either visually, audibly or both visually and audibly. Each user is provided visually with captions of other groups, which is reduced in size depending on the distance that particular group is from the user's location within the electronic conference room. In addition, each main user is provided with audible signals from other groups, which is attenuated based on the distance that particular group is from the user's location within the electronic conference room.
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