US 11,954,404 B2
Verbal communication in a virtual world
Kiran P, Bengaluru (IN); Vishnu Vardhan Kasilya Sudarsan, Bangalore (IN); Rameshkumar Karuppusamy, Tirupur (IN); and Udayabhanu Rao Vempati, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/806,422.
Prior Publication US 2023/0401029 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 25/51 (2013.01); H04L 67/131 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/167 (2013.01) [G10L 25/51 (2013.01); H04L 67/131 (2022.05)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing communication in a virtual world, comprising:
receiving, via one or more microphones, voice data of a user corresponding to an avatar in the virtual world;
selecting a communication mode based on an intensity of the voice data of the user, a first threshold, and a second threshold, wherein the selecting comprises:
selecting a unicast communication mode when the intensity of the voice data of the user is less than the first threshold;
selecting a multicast communication mode when the intensity of the voice data of the user is less than the second threshold and greater than or equal to the first threshold; and
selecting a broadcast communication mode when the intensity of the voice data of the user is greater than or equal to the second threshold; and
communicating the voice data of the user, using the selected communication mode, to at least one device of a plurality of devices associated with a plurality of other avatars in the virtual world.