Patent ID: 9191619
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for initiating a videoconference comprising: receiving, at a processing circuit, video data of an environment captured by a digital camera; determining, by the processing circuit, that a user is present in the environment from the received video data; providing display data to a remote device via a network interface, the display data being configured to cause the remote device to present an avatar that represents the user on a display in response to determining the presence of the user in the environment of the received video data and cause the remote device to update the presentation of the avatar to correspond to movements of the user within the environment; determining that a command for initiating a videoconference has been received in the video data; and initiating the videoconference by providing the video data to the remote device that replaces the display data including the presentation of the avatar in response to determining that the command has been received.