Patent ID: 8665307

Claim:
A method for providing an augmented video conference, said method comprising: enabling a virtual object to be accessed by a first device, wherein said first device is configured for participating in said video conference with a second device, wherein said virtual object comprises an object that is capable of augmenting said video conference, wherein said augmenting comprises supplementing a communication between participants in said video conference, wherein said virtual object comprises at least one of a viewable object and at least one sound of a plurality of sounds, wherein said viewable object is viewable on a display screen on at least one of said first device and said second device and is a discrete entity that can be manipulated independently of other such entities; and enabling said virtual object to be incorporated into a video of said video conference captured at said second device, wherein said video comprising said virtual object is configured to be displayed at said second device, wherein said enabling said virtual object to be incorporated into a video comprises: providing selectable virtual objects presented in a virtual object bar, wherein said virtual object bar is enabled to be displayed at said first device at least during said video conference.