US 12,093,603 B2
Dynamically adjusting a personal boundary of an avatar in an XR environment
Gyanveer Singh, Bangalore (IN); Dhananjay Lal, Englewood, CO (US); Reda Harb, Issaquah, WA (US); and Kyle Beckemeyer, Park Ridge, IL (US)
Assigned to Rovi Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/941,489.
Prior Publication US 2024/0086142 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 18/00 (2023.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 25/63 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G06F 18/00 (2023.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2013.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 25/63 (2013.01); G06T 2219/024 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
identifying a first avatar in an extended reality (XR) environment based on rule data stored in a storage; and
in response to detecting that the first avatar has entered a portion of the XR environment at a communicable distance from a second avatar:
determining an offensiveness rating of the first avatar;
retrieving, from the storage, an offensiveness tolerance of the second avatar;
comparing the offensiveness rating of the first avatar and offensiveness tolerance of the second avatar; and
in response to determining, based on the comparing, that the offensiveness rating of the first avatar exceeds the offensiveness tolerance of the second avatar, automatically censoring one or more messages from the first avatar to the second avatar,
wherein the identifying the first avatar comprises:
comparing identification data of the first avatar to entries of a personalized list of bad actor avatars stored in the storage in association with the second avatar; and
determining that the identification data of the first avatar matches an entry in the personalized list.