Patent ID: 11893672
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computer-based method of creating an avatar of an online viewer during a live video broadcast, the method comprising:
receiving a number of in-person viewers at an event;
identifying a number of online viewers watching the event remotely;
determining whether the number of in-person viewers at the event is below a threshold level;
in response to determining the number of in-person viewers at the event is below the threshold level, identifying a location of the in-person viewers at the event;
analyzing reactions of the online viewers to scenarios of the event, wherein at least one analyzed reaction of the online viewers includes one or more bodily movements of each online viewer including at least one facial expression and at least one hand and arm gesture;
creating an avatar for each of the online viewers based on profiles of the online viewers, wherein the created avatar for each online viewer performs the one or more bodily movements that are performed in real-time by the corresponding online viewer for whom the avatar is created including the at least one facial expression and the at least one hand and arm gesture during the event based on the analyzed reactions;
populating, by one or more digital pods located at empty seats, each empty seat at the event with the created avatar for each online viewer; and
displaying the created avatars as a hologram occupying the empty seats to the online viewers, wherein the created avatars are configured to be viewed by the in-person viewers, wherein one or more of the created avatars are configured to be relocated by at least one online viewer having a premium streaming subscription, and wherein in response to determining the number of online viewers exceeds a number of the empty seats at the event, displaying the created avatars in an order in which the online viewers logged into a streaming device of the online viewers.