Facebook, Inc.

Cameron James Pickett

Russell William Andrews

Patrick Andrew Larson

Dwayne B Mercredi

Naizhi Li

Parama Jyothi Reddappagari

Chi Wang Ho

Tomi Yiu

David Kawai Wong

The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for providing message element in electronic communication threads. For example, systems and methods described herein identify message elements in electronic communication threads and add interactions between the message elements to the electronic communication thread.

Providing augmented message elements in electronic communication threads

Techniques to signal escalation of a peer-to-peer two-party media call to a multiway media call are described. An apparatus may comprise a communication client operative on caller and callee client devices. The communication client may comprise a user interface component to allow users of the device to initiate and take part in one-to-one and multiway calls; a network component operative to handle network communications between messaging servers and other client devices; a peer-to-peer media call component operative to perform peer-to-peer one-on-one media calls between client devices; a multiway media call component operative to join a multiway call at a multiway media relay system; and a media call management component operative to initiate the peer-to-peer media call, to detect a multiway media call escalation event and to transition the peer-to-peer media call to a multiway call session. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Techniques for media call multiway relay escalation

Techniques for providing multi-modal multi-party calling include receiving a join request at a multiway server (MWS) from a first client, the join request identifying a second client; sending a call invitation to the second client from the MWS; receiving a connection from the second client to the MWS; receiving a first media status from one of the first client or the second client while the first client and the second client are in a peer-to-peer mode; and forwarding the first media status to the other of the first client or the second client. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Techniques for providing multi-modal multi-party calling

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Cameron James Pickett