US 12,224,874 B2
Adaptive background in video conferencing
Zhaoyi Jin, Hefei (CN); Hongling Cen, San Jose, CA (US); Bhargavkumar Ghanshyamlal Pandya, Dublin, CA (US); Yasi Xi, Hefei (CN); Sebastian Jeuk, San Jose, CA (US); Maria Soledad Palmero, Toledo (ES); and Gonzalo Salgueiro, Raleigh, NC (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/467,946.
Application 18/467,946 is a division of application No. 17/699,835, filed on Mar. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,824,670.
Prior Publication US 2024/0007316 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/1813 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
connecting, by a collaboration server, at least two participants via respective user devices to a collaboration session;
detecting, by the collaboration server, in a collaboration space, at least one element contextually relevant to the collaboration session by contextually analyzing media stream data of the collaboration session;
generating, by the collaboration server, at least one actionable object based on the at least one element being detected in the collaboration space and by replacing the at least one element with the at least one actionable object that is modifiable in the collaboration space during the collaboration session by one or more of the at least two participants; and
providing, by the collaboration server, the at least one actionable object in the collaboration space during the collaboration session by integrating the at least one actionable object into a background or a foreground of a respective participant view at a location where the at least one element is being detected.