Background replacement for videoconferencing,申请号US201414330565-传众专利搜索

Background replacement for videoconferencing

申请公布号：US9503685(B2)

申请号：US201414330565

申请日期：2014.07.14

申请公布日期：2016.11.22

申请人：

International Business Machines Corporation

发明人：Baron, Jr. Rudolph C.;Jones Andrew R.;Massimi Michael L.;McConnell Kevin C.

分类号：H04N7/15;G09G5/14;H04L12/18

主分类号：H04N7/15

代理机构：

Hoffman Warnick LLC

代理人：Chung Matthew;Hoffman Warnick LLC

地址：Armonk NY US

摘要：A solution for managing a videoconference is provided. Multiple virtual backgrounds can be stored, and a virtual background can be selected to be used for a first participant when he/she is conducting a videoconference with a second participant. The virtual background can be selected based on one or more attributes of the first and/or second participant, one or more attributes of the videoconference, and/or the like. The virtual backgrounds can be utilized, for example, to provide a desired perception, message, and/or the like, of a business entity to individuals outside of the business entity that are interacting with its personnel via videoconferencing. The virtual background can include static image data, a live video feed, a recorded video feed, a static web page of a business entity, and a non-static web page of the business entity.

主权项：1. A computer-implemented method of managing a videoconference, the method comprising: configuring display of a first videoconference participant to a second videoconference participant of the videoconference using a computer system, the configuring including: selecting a first virtual background for the first videoconference participant from a plurality of virtual backgrounds based on at least one of: a first videoconference participant identification or a second videoconference participant identification by applying a set of virtual background selection rules to the at least one of: the first videoconference participant identification or the second videoconference participant identification using the computer system, wherein the first virtual background is chosen from a group comprising: static image data, a live video feed, a recorded video feed, a static web page of a business entity, and a non-static web page of the business entity, wherein the first videoconference participant works for the business entity and the plurality of virtual backgrounds have been pre-approved by the business entity for use in conjunction with videoconferences; andproviding the first virtual background from the computer system for display to the second videoconference participant in conjunction with isolated video data corresponding to the first videoconference participant isolated from an actual background of the first videoconference participant during the videoconference.