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US 2022/0286314 A1Published application
User interfaces for multi-participant live communication
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsAdam Stern MEYER, Durrell BISHOP, James H. FOSTER, Peter C. TSOI
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to methods and user interfaces for managing live communication between multiple participants using a computer system in accordance with some embodiments.
Claims23
A computer system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- obtaining information about gaze of a first participant in a video conference while the first participant, a second participant, and a third participant are participating in the video conference, wherein:
- in a first video conference user interface for the first participant, a characteristic location of the second participant in the first video conference user interface for the first participant is located in a first direction from a characteristic location of the first participant;
- in a second video conference user interface for the second participant, a characteristic location of the second participant is located in a second direction from a characteristic location of the first participant in the second video conference user interface for the second participant, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction;
- and
- in a third video conference user interface for the third participant, a characteristic location of the second participant in the third video conference user interface for the third participant is located in a third direction from a characteristic location of the first participant in the third video conference user interface for the third participant, wherein the third direction is different from the first direction;
- and
- in response to obtaining the information about the gaze of the first participant, providing information that indicates which characteristic location of another participant the first participant is looking at to one or more devices displaying of the video conference to enable video conference user interfaces at the one or more devices to indicate at which characteristic location of another participant the first participant is looking, including in accordance with a determination that a first set of criteria is satisfied, wherein the first set of criteria includes a criterion that is satisfied when the first participant is looking in the first direction in the video conference:
- modifying a representation of a gaze direction of the first participant in the second video conference user interface to indicate, in the second video conference user interface for the second participant, that the first participant is looking in the second direction at the characteristic location of the second participant without modifying a representation of a gaze direction of the first participant in the third video conference user interface to indicate, in the third video conference user interface for the third participant, that the first participant is looking at the third participant.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a computer system, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- obtaining information about gaze of a first participant in a video conference while the first participant, a second participant, and a third participant are participating in the video conference, wherein:
- in a first video conference user interface for the first participant, a characteristic location of the second participant in the first video conference user interface for the first participant is located in a first direction from a characteristic location of the first participant;
- in a second video conference user interface for the second participant, a characteristic location of the second participant is located in a second direction from a characteristic location of the first participant in the second video conference user interface for the second participant, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction;
- and
- in a third video conference user interface for the third participant, a characteristic location of the second participant in the third video conference user interface for the third participant is located in a third direction from a characteristic location of the first participant in the third video conference user interface for the third participant, wherein the third direction is different from the first direction;
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- in response to obtaining the information about the gaze of the first participant, providing information that indicates which characteristic location of another participant the first participant is looking at to one or more devices displaying of the video conference to enable video conference user interfaces at the one or more devices to indicate at which characteristic location of another participant the first participant is looking, including in accordance with a determination that a first set of criteria is satisfied, wherein the first set of criteria includes a criterion that is satisfied when the first participant is looking in the first direction in the video conference:
- modifying a representation of a gaze direction of the first participant in the second video conference user interface to indicate, in the second video conference user interface for the second participant, that the first participant is looking in the second direction at the characteristic location of the second participant without modifying a representation of a gaze direction of the first participant in the third video conference user interface to indicate, in the third video conference user interface for the third participant, that the first participant is looking at the third participant.
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A method, comprising:
- at a computer system:
- obtaining information about gaze of a first participant in a video conference while the first participant, a second participant, and a third participant are participating in the video conference, wherein:
- in a first video conference user interface for the first participant, a characteristic location of the second participant in the first video conference user interface for the first participant is located in a first direction from a characteristic location of the first participant;
- in a second video conference user interface for the second participant, a characteristic location of the second participant is located in a second direction from a characteristic location of the first participant in the second video conference user interface for the second participant, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction;
- and
- in a third video conference user interface for the third participant, a characteristic location of the second participant in the third video conference user interface for the third participant is located in a third direction from a characteristic location of the first participant in the third video conference user interface for the third participant, wherein the third direction is different from the first direction;
- and
- in response to obtaining the information about the gaze of the first participant, providing information that indicates which characteristic location of another participant the first participant is looking at to one or more devices displaying of the video conference to enable video conference user interfaces at the one or more devices to indicate at which characteristic location of another participant the first participant is looking, including in accordance with a determination that a first set of criteria is satisfied, wherein the first set of criteria includes a criterion that is satisfied when the first participant is looking in the first direction in the video conference:
- modifying a representation of a gaze direction of the first participant in the second video conference user interface to indicate, in the second video conference user interface for the second participant, that the first participant is looking in the second direction at the characteristic location of the second participant without modifying a representation of a gaze direction of the first participant in the third video conference user interface to indicate, in the third video conference user interface for the third participant, that the first participant is looking at the third participant.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.