Abstract: A system may identify, during a video conference, a first participant based on a direction of a gaze of a second participant toward a user tile associated with the first participant within a graphical user interface of the video conference. The system may cause a change, in a video stream transmitted to a device of the first participant during the video conference, to the direction of the gaze of the second participant to appear directed toward a camera of a device of the second participant. In some implementations, the system may cause a change, in a second video stream transmitted to a device of a third participant, to the direction of the gaze of the second participant to appear directed toward the user tile.

Abstract: A content request that includes a first textual document describing content of a whiteboard and a description associated with the whiteboard is transmitted to a language processing model. A second textual document that includes graphical elements generated by the language processing model is received from the language processing model. The second textual document is then rendered on the whiteboard. The content request may further include graphical structural information specifying a layout of graphical elements in a whiteboard template associated with the whiteboard.

Abstract: User-generated graphical elements are added to a whiteboard. A content request is transmitted to a language processing model. The content request includes a textual document describing graphical elements of the whiteboard and a semantic description associated with the whiteboard. The graphical elements of the whiteboard may include the user-generated graphical elements. An updated textual document that includes graphical elements generated by the language processing model is received from the language processing model. The updated textual document is rendered in association with the whiteboard.

Abstract: Tools and techniques for non-linguistic interaction with computer systems via surface stimulation are provided. These tools may receive indications of stimulation levels calculated for cells defined by a non-linguistic user interface. The cells may be associated with respective physical regions of a hardware substrate. The stimulation levels may be calculated based on non-linguistic actions directed by users to the hardware substrate. Visible characteristics of the non-linguistic user interface may be updated in response to the calculated stimulation levels.

Abstract: Tools and techniques for pressure-sensitive context menus are provided. These tools receive indications of physical user activities directed to computing systems, and compute pressure parameters associated with the user activities. In turn, the tools may determine display characteristics of context menus that are presented in response to the user activity, based on the computed pressure parameters. The tools may also present the context menus on the computing systems.

Abstract: Tools and techniques for non-linguistic interaction with computer systems via surface stimulation are provided. These tools may receive indications of stimulation levels calculated for cells defined by a non-linguistic user interface. The cells may be associated with respective physical regions of a hardware substrate. The stimulation levels may be calculated based on non-linguistic actions directed by users to the hardware substrate. Visible characteristics of the non-linguistic user interface may be updated in response to the calculated stimulation levels.

Abstract: An ancillary signal indicator notifies the reception of a signal that is associated with a user. The ancillary signal indicator includes an imprint actuator configured to instigate a signal imprint mode. A receiver is configured to receive an imprint signal when in the signal imprint mode and a memory is configured to store an imprint signal. The ancillary signal indicator also includes a signal notifier configured to actuate when a received signal corresponds to the imprint signal.

Abstract: A system and method of using object sensitivity values and a cursor to select a graphical object from a plurality of graphical objects and sub-objects appearing on a display device. The plurality of graphical objects includes at least one container. A sensitivity value from the set of Normal, Opaque, Transparent, Invisible, Customized, and Automatic is designated for each of the objects. At authoring time, a sensitivity value from this set can be easily assigned to each of the objects, thus affecting the way hit testing proceeds over the objects. More particularly, an object is selected from the plurality of objects based on the position of the cursor, object position, object containment, and the sensitivity value of at least one of the objects.