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Granted Patent B2
US 9,754,241 · App. 13/539,952 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Modifying original geographic location for viewing by a user in a multingual collaborative gaming environment

Inventors: Kaveh Hushyar (Saratoga, CA); Mostafa Tofighbakhsh (Cupertino, CA)
Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
G06Q10/10G06Q40/04
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Patent No.
US 9,754,241
App. No.
13/539,952
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer readable media for providing a collaborative communication environment. The method embodiment comprises receiving user profiles, establishing a collaborative communication environment where a plurality of users simultaneously interact over a network, converting data to be sent to each user in a collaborative environment based on the respective user's profile, and presenting a localized experience to each user using the converted data.

Claims (32)

1. A method comprising:

receiving a profile associated with a first user;

determining, based on the profile, a preferred geographic location associated with the first user, wherein the preferred geographic location is independent of a current location of the first user;

receiving original data to be communicated to the first user and a second user, wherein the first user and the second user are game participants in a gaming environment operating on a gaming computer system, and wherein the original data references an original geographic location;

analyzing, via a processor and using the preferred geographic location, the original data, to yield an analysis;

modifying the original data being communicated to the first user based on the analysis, the modifying of the original data being accomplished by normalizing the original data based on equality in the gaming environment, such that the original geographic location is modified according to visual characteristics of the preferred geographic location for viewing by the first user, to yield visual culturally acceptable data that embodies the visual characteristics of the preferred geographical location;

establishing a collaborative communication environment associated with the preferred geographic location;

communicating the visual culturally acceptable data to the first user as part of the collaborative communication environment; and

communicating the original data to a second user as part of the collaborative communication environment.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the original data comprises removing, from the original data which is to be communicated, the original geographic location.

3. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a profile associated with a first user;

determining, based on the profile, a preferred geographic location associated with the first user, wherein the preferred geographic location is independent of a current location of the first user;

receiving original data to be communicated to the first user and a second user, wherein the first user and the second user are game participants in a gaming environment operating on a gaming computer system, and wherein the original data references an original geographic location;

analyzing, using the preferred geographic location, the original data, to yield an analysis;

modifying the original data being communicated to the first user based on the analysis, the modifying of the original data being accomplished by normalizing the original data based on equality in the gaming environment, such that the original geographic location is modified according to visual characteristics of the preferred geographic location for viewing by the first user, to yield visual culturally acceptable data that embodies the visual characteristics of the preferred geographical location;

establishing a collaborative communication environment associated with the preferred geographic location;

communicating the visual culturally acceptable data to the first user as part of the collaborative communication environment; and

communicating the original data to a second user as part of the collaborative communication environment.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein modifying the original data comprises removing, from the original data which is to be communicated, the original geographic location.

5. A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored which, when executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a profile associated with a first user;

determining, based on the profile, a preferred geographic location associated with the first user, wherein the preferred geographic location is independent of a current location of the first user;

receiving original data to be communicated to the first user and a second user, wherein the first user and the second user are game participants in a gaming environment operating on a gaming computer system, and wherein the original data references an original geographic location;

analyzing, using the preferred geographic location, the original data, to yield an analysis;

modifying the original data being communicated to the first user based on the analysis, the modifying of the original data being accomplished by normalizing the original data based on equality in the gaming environment, such that the original geographic location is modified according to visual characteristics of the preferred geographic location for viewing by the first user, to yield visual culturally acceptable data that embodies the visual characteristics of the preferred geographical location;

establishing a collaborative communication environment associated with the preferred geographic location;

communicating the visual culturally acceptable data to the first user as part of the collaborative communication environment; and

communicating the original data to a second user as part of the collaborative communication environment.

6. The computer-readable storage device of claim 5 , wherein modifying the original data comprises removing, from the original data which is to be communicated, the original geographic location.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2012
From: HUSHYAR, KAVEH; TOFIGHBAKHSH, MOSTAFA
To: AT&T CORP.
Reel/Frame 028482/0563 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 12627421 · Nov 30, 2009
Continuation 11687800 · Mar 19, 2007
Related Publication 20120271623A1 · Oct 25, 2012