Patents by Inventor Beau Dunn

Beau Dunn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Integrating Applications with Dynamic Virtual Assistant Avatars
    Publication number: 20250218097
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes rendering a first output image of an XR assistant avatar within a first environment associated with a first XR application for displays of a first extended-reality (XR) display device, wherein the XR assistant avatar has a first form according to a first rendering specification associated with the first XR application and the XR assistant avatar is interactable by a first user to access an assistant system, receiving an indication that the first user is switching from the first XR application to a second XR application, accessing a second rendering specification associated with the second XR application, and rendering a second output image of the XR assistant avatar within a second environment associated with the second XR application for displays of a second XR display device, wherein the XR assistant avatar is rendered to have a second form according to the second rendering specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Mokhtar Mohamed Khorshid, Trang Tran, Beau Dunn, Erica Feld
  • Integrating applications with dynamic virtual assistant avatars
    Patent number: 12249014
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes rendering a first output image of an XR assistant avatar within a first environment associated with a first XR application for displays of a first extended-reality (XR) display device, wherein the XR assistant avatar has a first form according to a first rendering specification associated with the first XR application and the XR assistant avatar is interactable by a first user to access an assistant system, receiving an indication that the first user is switching from the first XR application to a second XR application, accessing a second rendering specification associated with the second XR application, and rendering a second output image of the XR assistant avatar within a second environment associated with the second XR application for displays of a second XR display device, wherein the XR assistant avatar is rendered to have a second form according to the second rendering specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS, INC.
    Inventors: Mokhtar Mohamed Khorshid, Trang Tran, Beau Dunn, Erica Feld