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Devi Brunsch

Jason Thomas Faulkner

Mark Robert Swift

Madhuri Tondepu

John Cole Bradley

Michael John Eckert

John C Bradley

Melinda Katrina Lim

Techniques for presenting a message in a communication session are described. In at least some embodiments, a message is sent by a participant in a communication session. The message is presented in a graphical user interface (GUI) for the communication session and visually linked to a visual representation of the participant. According to one or more implementations, a number of messages that are presented in a GUI for a communication session is throttled.

Presenting a message in a communication session

Converting an off-line meeting to an on-line meeting. A method includes, at a communal meeting device, receiving user input requesting access to an off-line meeting. The method further includes, as a result, prompting an organizer of the meeting to update the meeting to an on-line meeting.

Joining an on-line meeting from an off-line meeting

Display screen with graphical user interface

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Devi Brunsch