US 2020/0265228 A1 · SYSTEM AND INTERACTIVE METHODS ENABLING COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION IN BLENDED ECOSYSTEMS

Abstract

A blended communication engine helps bridge a gap amongst users in the blended ecosystem by allowing a multi-channel platform for shared, real-time interaction amongst the users, system, and environment. This engine can provide three different forms of interaction between the user and the ecosystem: Share and Alert—The ability to alert another user or group by sharing an information block; Instruct and Assign—The ability to highlight segments of interest within an information block and direct the corresponding instructions to specific people; Converse and Collaborate—The involved members' ability to have contextual discussions about shared information blocks and instructions. Users interact with each other in virtual reality and augmented reality platforms over communication links using annotations on real objects in an environment thereby enabling efficient information tagging of real-world objects, and communication between personnel managing the objects.

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Dependent claims

A blended communication engine, comprising:

a share and alert module enabling a user to alert another user or group by sharing blended information blocks;
a instruct and assign module enabling the user to highlight segments of interest within the information block and direct corresponding instructions to specific users;
and
a converse and collaborate module enabling select users engaged as members in collaboration with an ability to have contextual discussions about shared information blocks and instructions;
wherein the communication engine bridges a gap amongst users in the blended ecosystem by allowing a multi-channel platform for shared, real-time interaction amongst the users, system, and environment.

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A blended reality communication engine supporting multi-party communication over virtual reality and augmented reality platforms, comprising:

a share and alert module configured to enable users to alert other users or groups of users with information about an object contained in an information block;
an instruct and assign module configured to enable the users to highlight segments of interest within an information block and direct the corresponding instructions to the other user or groups of users;
and
a converse and collaborate module configured to enable the users, the other user and the group of user status as members of a group associated with the object with an ability to have contextual discussions about shared information blocks and instructions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and interactive methods enabling communication and collaboration in blended ecosystems

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System and interactive methods enabling communication and collaboration in blended ecosystems

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