Patent ID: 11954404
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. An apparatus configured for providing communication in a virtual world, comprising:
one or more processors individually or collectively configured to execute instructions stored on one or more memories and to cause the apparatus to:
receive, via one or more microphones, voice data of a user corresponding to an avatar in the virtual world;
select a communication mode based on an intensity of the voice data of the user a first threshold, and a second threshold, wherein, in order to select the communication mode, the one or more processors are configured to cause the apparatus to:
select a unicast communication mode when the intensity of the voice data of the user is less than the first threshold;
select a multicast communication mode when the intensity of the voice data of the user is less than the second threshold and greater than or equal to the first threshold; and
select a broadcast communication mode when the intensity of the voice data of the user is greater than or equal to the second threshold; and

communicate the voice data of the user, using the selected communication mode, to at least one device of a plurality of devices associated with a plurality of other avatars in the virtual world.