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

Claim 21:
22. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform a method of providing communication in a virtual world, the method comprising:
receiving, via one or more microphones, voice data of a user corresponding to an avatar in the virtual world;
selecting a communication mode based on an intensity of the voice data of the user, a first threshold, and a second threshold, wherein the selecting comprises:
selecting a unicast communication mode when the intensity of the voice data of the user is less than the first threshold;
selecting 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

selecting a broadcast communication mode when the intensity of the voice data of the user is greater than or equal to the second threshold; and
communicating 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.