Reactive avatars
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsPatrick D. Blattner, John D. Robinson
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Abstract
Avatars are used to graphically represent users in a communications session, and the avatars are capable of being animated. An indication of an animation of one of the avatars is received. Another avatar that represents another of the users is animated in response to, and based on, the animation of the avatar in the same communications session.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a processing device;
- one or more computer-readable media storing instructions that when executed via the processing device implement a communication application operable to perform operations including:
- receiving an indication of an animation of a first avatar representing a first user with respect to communications between the first user and a second user;
- identifying based on the indication, a responsive animation that corresponds to the animation of the first avatar to use for animation of a second avatar representing the second user with respect to the communications between the first user and the second user;
- automatically configuring the second avatar for animation using the responsive animation in connection with communication between the first user and the second user;
- and
- causing the second avatar to be displayed in a user interface of the communication application and to be animated using the responsive animation.
A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processing device, cause the at least one processing device to perform a method, the method comprising:
- receiving an indication of an animation of a first avatar representing a first user with respect to communications between the first user and a second user;
- identifying based on the indication, a responsive animation that corresponds to the animation of the first avatar to use for animation of a second avatar representing the second user with respect to the communications between the first user and the second user;
- automatically configuring the second avatar for animation using the responsive animation in connection with communication between the first user and the second user;
- and
- causing the second avatar to be displayed in a user interface of a communication application and to be animated using the responsive animation.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving an indication of an animation of a first avatar representing a first user with respect to communications between the first user and a second user;
- identifying based on the indication, a responsive animation that corresponds to the animation of the first avatar to use for animation of a second avatar representing the second user with respect to the communications between the first user and the second user;
- automatically configuring the second avatar for animation using the responsive animation in connection with the communications between the first user and the second user;
- and
- causing the second avatar to be displayed in a user interface of a communication application and to be animated using the responsive animation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.