# US 2022/0044487 A1 · System for collaboration of augmented reality events

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- Number: US 2022/0044487 A1
- Document ID: US20220044487A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/509,231
- Filed: 2021-10-25
- Published: 2022-02-10
- Earliest claimed: 2019-06-24
- Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Inventors: Robert Gratz; Eric Zavesky; Jason DeCuir
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220044487A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/011: {Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00)}
- G06T 19/006: {Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00)}
- G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)}
- G06F 3/1454: {involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay}
- G06F 3/147: using display panels
- G09G 5/003: {Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092)}
- G10L 15/22: Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
- G06F 9/451: Execution arrangements for user interfaces
- G09G 2340/12: Overlay of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of switching between the corresponding input pixels
- G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user
- G10L 2015/223: {Execution procedure of a spoken command}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)
- G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING

## Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example distinguishing a first user from a second user of a group of users based on distinguishable user attributes among the group of users. A first AR overlay is provided to equipment of the first user, and the first AR overlay is modified according to the distinguishable user attributes to obtain a second AR overlay that differs from the first AR overlay. A notification is provided to the second AR overlay, wherein a live event is observable by the equipment of the first user using the first AR overlay and by equipment of the second user using the second AR overlay. Other embodiments are disclosed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An augmented reality (AR) system, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
identifying distinguishable user attributes among a plurality of users;
distinguishing a first user from a second user of the plurality of users based on the distinguishable user attributes;
providing a first AR overlay to equipment of the first user;
modulating the first AR overlay according to the distinguishable user attributes to obtain a second AR overlay that differs from the first AR overlay; and
notifying the second AR overlay, wherein a live event is observable by the equipment of the first user using the first AR overlay and by equipment of the second user using the second AR overlay.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The AR system of claim 1, wherein the distinguishable user attributes comprise a level of experience, and wherein the AR system uses the level of experience to modify the first and second AR overlays.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The AR system of claim 2, wherein the level of experience is based on a history of each user of the plurality of users.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The AR system of claim 3, wherein the history of each user includes a number of times that each user has participated in the live event.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The AR system of claim 1, wherein the modulating incorporates environment rules to change the first and second AR overlays based on environments of the first and second users.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The AR system of claim 1, wherein the modulating incorporates biometric rules to change the second AR overlay based on biometric indicators.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The AR system of claim 1, wherein the modulating comprises filtering to remove live content in a view of the second user.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The AR system of claim 1, wherein the modulating comprises highlighting content in a view of the second user.

### Claim 9

A method, comprising:
identifying, by a processing system including a processor, distinguishable user attributes among a plurality of users;
distinguishing, by the processing system, a first user from a second user of the plurality of users based on the distinguishable user attributes;
providing, by the processing system, a first augmented reality (AR) overlay to equipment of the first user;
modulating, by the processing system, the first AR overlay according to the distinguishable user attributes to obtain a second AR overlay that differs from the first AR overlay; and
providing, by the processing system, the second AR overlay to the equipment of the second user, wherein a live event is observable by the equipment of the first user using the first AR overlay and by equipment of the second user using the second AR overlay.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, further comprising:
determining a context for a component of the first and second AR overlays, wherein the context is based on first and second user profiles of the first and second users, a historical relationship between the first and second users, a time of the live event, a location of the first and second users, or a combination thereof.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, further comprising:
determine a context for AR components in the first and second AR overlays, wherein the context is based on the distinguishable user attributes.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the distinguishable user attributes comprise a weighted level of experience.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the weighted level of experience is based on a history of the first and second users.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the history includes a number of times that each of the first and second users has participated in the live event.

### Claim 15 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the modulating comprises highlighting content in a view of the second user.

### Claim 16 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the modulating comprises removing content in a view of the second user.

### Claim 17 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the providing the second AR overlay comprises providing, by the processing system, a toggle for the first user to switch view from the second AR overlay to the AR overlay for the second user.

### Claim 18 (depends on 9)

The method of claim 9, wherein the modulating comprises selecting, by the processing system, simplified content for the second user.

### Claim 19

A non-transitory, machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
distinguishing a first user from a second user of a plurality of users based on distinguishable user attributes among the plurality of users;
providing a first augmented reality (AR) overlay to equipment of the first user;
modifying the first AR overlay according to the distinguishable user attributes to obtain a second AR overlay that differs from the first AR overlay; and
providing a notification to the second AR overlay, wherein a live event is observable by the equipment of the first user using the first AR overlay and by equipment of the second user using the second AR overlay.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the modifying comprises highlighting content in a view of the second user.