Patent ID: 9363093
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G06K,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for giving a presentation including a visual display provided over a communication network, the method comprising: during a play of the presentation, tracking eye positions of a control party; during a play of the presentation, tracking eye positions of a non-control party; determining a divergence value corresponding to divergence between the eye position(s) of the control party and the non-control party; and determining a disengagement value corresponding to relative disengagement of the non-control party based, at least in part on the divergence value; wherein: the control party is made up of a presenter of the presentation; the non-control-party is made up of a single attendee of the presentation; and the tracking of the set of control party eye positions and the tracking of non-control party eye positions both take place as the presentation is being given by the presenter; and presenting the disengagement value to the presenter; wherein the presentation of the disengagement value to the presenter includes, appropriate, indications of the following situations: (i) the respective eye positions of presenter and attendee are in the same area; (ii) the respective eye positions of the presenter and attendee are not in the same area but are still in the boundaries of a shared display area; (iii) the eye position of the attendee is outside of the shared display area but still in some proximity to the shared display area; (iv) the eyes of the attendee are closed for an extended period of time; and (v) the attendee is out of scope of eye tracking hardware that tracks the eye position of the attendee.