Patrick Blattner
Microsoft
16 Papers
1.2K Citations
Patrick Blattner is an academic researcher from Microsoft. The author has contributed to research in topics: Session (computer science) & Avatar. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 15 publications.
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Papers
Patent
Using avatars to communicate
Patrick Blattner,John Robinson,Jamie Odell,Brian Heikes,Tom Love,Mike Blackwell,David S. Levinson,Andrew Weaver +7 more
- 01 Mar 2004
TL;DR: A graphical user interface on a display device for using a computer to communicate using an avatar includes an instant message sender display that displays a sender avatar capable of displaying multiple animations as discussed by the authors.
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Multiple avatar personalities
Patrick Blattner,John Robinson,Andrew Weaver +2 more
- 22 Dec 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, the first and second personas each include an avatar capable of being animated, and the first persona and the second persona differ significantly from the first one's avatar.
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Using avatars to communicate real-time information
Patrick Blattner,David S. Levinson,W. Karl Renner +2 more
- 16 Feb 2007
TL;DR: In this paper, an avatar (505) was used to convey information independent of information conveyed direcly in a text message (1932) sent during an instant messaging communications session (1900) between two users.
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Interacting avatars in an instant messaging communication session
Patrick Blattner,David S. Levinson,W. Karl Renner +2 more
- 19 Apr 2007
TL;DR: In this article, an avatar that represents an user in a communications session is animated, without user manipulation, based on the animation of another avatar representing another user in the same instant messaging communication session.
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Modifying avatar behavior based on user action or mood
Patrick Blattner
- 29 Dec 2004
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe techniques for enabling the selection of wallpaper to modify the mood projected by an avatar, for example, by modifying behaviors and/or appearance of the avatar to characterize a mood to be projected.
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