Google Inc.

Anthony Jawad

Michel Ossesia

Tomas Lundqvist

Greg Hecht

Vincent F Paquet

Dylan Salisbury

Matthew Reilly

Arvind Jain

Marcus Alexander Foster

Kathryn Chapman Cushing

Stuart R Blair

Craig Elliott Walker

Jordanna Chord

Alex Wiesen

Tobias Jungen

Stu Blair

Jacob Hesch

A system and method for providing a communication session is provided. The system and method include a client device in communication with a plurality of communication networks. The system and method further includes a server also in communication with the plurality of communication networks. The client device includes a network monitor module and a dialer module. The network monitor module determines which networks to utilize in the communication session, and the dialer module initiates and terminates the communication session. The server receives a data signal associated with the communication session from the selected communication network. The server places a separate call to the recipient client device and completes the connection from the client device to the recipient client device by sending the data signal over the phone call to the recipient client device.

System and method for increased call quality and success rate

A method and computing system for monitoring a data signal quality level for a wireless client electronic device. The data signal quality level is indicative of the level of data connectivity between the wireless client electronic device and a wireless data network. A cellular signal strength level is monitored for the wireless client electronic device. The cellular signal strength level is indicative of the level of cellular connectivity between the wireless client electronic device and a cellular network. A request for voice communication with the wireless client electronic device is received. If the cellular signal strength level is not sufficient to support the voice communication and the data signal quality level is sufficient to support the voice communication, the voice communication with the wireless client electronic device via the wireless data network is enabled.

PSTN / VoIP communication system and method

A method, computer program product, and computer system for receiving, at a computing device, a call from a first telephony device using a telephone number associated with a second telephony device and a web-based user account. An indication of the call is received at the computing device where the web-based user account is signed into. An input is received at the computing device to accept the call. A conferencing application session associated with the web-based user account is initiated at the computing device between the first telephony device and the computing device based upon, at least in part, receiving the input to accept the call.

Initiating a video conferencing session

Method and system for moving phone call participation between carrier and data networks

A system and method for generating a conference call within a social network is disclosed. The participants are all members of an affinity group and they communicate with each other using different social streams. When the stream becomes too complicated, a participant transforms the social stream into a conference call so that the discussion is held in real-time. The participant that requests the conference call is designated as a moderator. The moderator controls the conference, including the members of the affinity group, through a user interface. Once the conference is established a notification can be sent to invitees and other members of the affinity group. The notification can also be published on a social network.

Conference calls for social streams

The subject matter of this disclosure can be implemented in, among other things, a method. In these examples, the method includes receiving a request to join a conference call from a user, and determining whether the user is allowed to join the conference call based on an access policy configurable by a moderator of the conference call. The method may also include upon determining that the user is allowed to join the conference call, connecting the user to the conference all, determining a set of permissions granted to the user for participating on the conference call based on the access policy, and outputting a user interface to the user or sending a message to another computing device to cause the other computing device to output the user interface to the user, wherein the user interface includes a set of conference call management options based upon the set of permissions granted to the user.

Managed conference calling

Growing community of inventors

Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Anthony Jawad