45 results about "Virtual collaboration" patented technology

The invention relates generally to a comprehensive, integrated computer-based system and method for undertaking an engineering design and development effort in a virtual collaborative environment, identifying qualified fabricators for manufacturing a part design based on fabricator capability information stored in a global registry database substantially maintained by the fabricators themselves, and conducting a virtual bidding process whereby electronic representations of three dimensional model and specification data are provided by a central server. The central server further supports the bidding process by providing quasi-real time audio, video and graphics, and the contracts negotiation and formalization steps.

Described herein are systems and methods for a virtual communication and collaboration application platform which automates the setup and operation of a virtual collaboration session, senses and reacts to user activity and contextual cues, and provides real-time intuitive interaction steps to enable users to easily interact in a simple and user-friendly manner. The Virtual Collaboration and Computing Platform provides a shared application window visible to multiple users on different displays for which users can easily share multiple types of data and applications through basic drag-and-drop interactions.

Providing access to project information in a virtual collaboration environment is disclosed. A credential information associated with a user of the virtual collaboration environment is received. It is determined, based at least in part on the credential information, which portion or portions of a hierarchical set of project information the user is entitled to receive. A hierarchical display that includes the portion or portions of the hierarchical set of project information that it is determined the user is entitled to receive is provided to the user via the virtual collaboration environment.

An extension or accessory to a real-time, online virtual collaboration session, meeting and messaging system, which scans a participant's contact list for partially complete contact records, accesses an administered contact information store such as a corporate personnel contact database, and completes the partially complete records in the participant's contact list. This enables each participant in such an online meeting or conversation to rely upon his or her contact list to contain a consistent level of information regarding each participant in previously conducted meetings and conversations, avoids the entry of inaccurate and deceptive participant information into the contact list, and allows for reliable communication to the members of a participant's contact list.

A system for providing an activity-centric collaboration space provides representations of the tasks that the team has planned, is engaged in, and has completed as a means of enhancing cross-team awareness and coordination. The system enables a user to explicitly indicate what task she is currently engaged in on behalf of the team, and makes this current task information available to other team members. A “tasks” view user interface component provides a shared view of all ongoing, planned, and completed tasks for a team. Information about team members' task assignments, and the ability to monitor team members' current tasks, may be used to manage potential interruptions caused by requests for instant messaging sessions and the like. Team members can explicitly establish interruption management policies indicating how task assignments and current tasks should be used to determine whether a communication attempt should be blocked or forwarded to a team member. Team space resources that are most important to an individual team member may also be identified, and changes made to those resources made more visually apparent and/or readily available to that user than changes to artifacts with which they are less concerned. Personalized differential awareness user interface representations may also be provided, and the associations that tasks establish between resources and team members also enables convenient determination of whether newly added or modified resources would be of interest to a particular user.

The present invention provides an apparatus and process to share digital images and videos of a user wearing virtual apparel. The invention comprises of a camera 201 for capturing images and videos; a central processing unit (CPU) that obtains camera media feed and processes it to augment digital imagery of apparel; the CPU being configured to track a user in the media feed; a display screen 203 that displays the processed media feed; an interne adapter 204 capable of connecting to the interne; the CPU configured to upload the processed media feed online to a server 205 and further send the web location of the uploaded image or video, preferably in a text message using a cellular network 206 to the user's mobile phone 207. The user 251 can share the text message with others enabling them to view the uploaded content on an interne enabled device through a private link or through a social networking platform.

Integration of a virtual collaborative environment with an electronic meeting calendar. The virtual collaborative environment functions in a shared pool of resources to provide a virtual medium for multiple entities to work together. The electronic meeting calendar and scheduling integrates with the collaboration. Three separate and distinct factors are accounted for with the scheduling, including establishing a meeting, the duration of the meeting, and the attendees. Each of these factors is considered based upon content uploaded to the collaborative environment.

Systems and methods for virtual collaboration between participants in remote locations are provided. A system can include a computing device, a display, a plurality of cameras, a microphone, at least one speaker or headset, a sensor, and a computer-readable medium having software stored thereon for generating a virtual roundtable experience for the user.

The invention provides a cooperative training method and system based on virtual reality. The method comprises the steps of receiving a selection instruction of a user; acquiring a corresponding three-dimensional stereoscopic image according to the selection instruction, and displaying the three-dimensional stereoscopic image on a virtual display device; acquiring the holographic image informationof at least one user; inputting the hologram image information into a three-dimensional stereoscopic image; acquiring at least one user's somatosensory information in real time, and updating the somatosensory information of at least one user in real time into a three-dimensional stereoscopic image to generate a virtual reality cooperation picture. The method of the invention obtains the corresponding three-dimensional images for display according to a virtual cooperation scene selected by a user, the hologram information of a plurality of users is inputted into a three-dimensional stereoscopic image, and the three-dimensional stereoscopic image is updated according to the somatosensory information of a plurality of users obtained in real time, thereby generating a virtual reality cooperation picture, enhancing the immersion feeling of users, and improving the realistic feeling of the scene and the efficiency of the cooperation training.

A system for providing a content neutral virtual collaborative environment is includes a server and a plurality of clients, including a data feed and a client device. The server is communication with the clients, and includes a memory, a processor, and a message bus configured to convey a plurality of entity messages for creating, modifying, or deleting entities. The processor is configured to convert data from clients into entity messages on the message bus. The processor parses the entity message to accordingly create, update, and/or remove entities, storing the entity message in the memory.

An illustrative collaboration space provider system provides a virtual collaboration experience that allows for audio communication between a plurality of users represented by a plurality of avatars located within a virtual collaboration space. The collaboration space provider system defines, based on user input from a first user included in the plurality of users and represented by a first avatar located within the virtual collaboration space, a sound boundary between a first location of the first avatar within the virtual collaboration space and a second location of a second avatar within the virtual collaboration space. Based on the sound boundary between the first and second locations, the collaboration space provider system then prevents audio communication in at least one direction between the first user and a second user represented by the second avatar. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Systems and a method for programming for a plurality of cells of an industrial environment. A physical cobot is provided within a lab cell comprising lab physical objects. A virtual simulation system with a user interface is provided. The virtual simulation system receives information inputs on the virtual cobot, on the virtual lab cell comprising lab virtual objects, and on a plurality of virtual industrial cells comprising virtual industrial objects. The virtual cobot and the physical cobot are connected together. A superimposed meta-cell is generated by superimposing the plurality of virtual cells and the virtual lab cell so as to obtain a single superimposed meta cell including a set of superimposed virtual objects. The virtual cobot is positioned in the superimposed meta cell. Inputs are received from the physical cobot's movement during teaching whereby the physical cobot is moved in the lab cell to the desired position(s) while providing, via the user interface, a visualization of the virtual cobot's movement within the superimposed meta cell so that collisions with any object are minimized. A robotic program is generated based on the received inputs of the physical cobot's movement.

Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a system and method enhanced collaboration through teleportation. In one or more embodiments, there is provided a system for moderating an enhanced collaboration environment for at least a set of participants, comprising a server for facilitating a 2-D federated collaboration environment for the at least one set of participants; a server for facilitating a 3-D virtual collaboration environment for the at least one set of participants; and a gateway server for facilitating teleportation of at least two participants of the at least one set of participants from the 2-D federated collaboration environment to form a teleported collaboration group in the 3-D virtual collaboration environment.