Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Gaurav Pancholi

Namendra Kumar

Abhilash Chandrasekharan Nair

Hao Xu

Yue Li

Rui Liang

Xin He

Joel Harodi Marquez Catano

Kensaku Sueda

Rama Krishan Prasad Satya Prakash

Balvinder Kaur Thind

Denis Postu

Martin Petrla

Jindrich Parus

Artur Pawel Kania

Nagaswapna Bhamidipati

Milica Jovanovic

Milica Jovanović

Rod G Fleck

John David Bruner

Mahendra D Sekaran

Sankaran Narayanan

Humayun Mukhtar Khan

Gursharan Singh Sidhu

Jeffrey B Kay

Anish Desai

Vishal Soni

Mansoor Jafry

Tony Bell

Ken Wolfe

An online meeting system begins the process of connecting a user to an online meeting when a request is received from a user to start or join the online meeting. In response to the request, a pre-meeting user interface (UI) is displayed having a user interface control which, when activated, enables transmission of audio and/or video data for the online meeting, and prior to activation of the control, connection parameters are shared with an online meeting service to preheat the meeting. In response to activation of the control, transmission of audio and/or video data for the online meeting is enabled.

Reducing setup time for online meetings

An online meeting system begins the process of connecting a user to an online meeting when the user enters a prejoin dialog for choosing meeting settings, rather than waiting until the user chooses to actually join the meeting after entering settings. Starting the meeting connection process at this time allows a shorter perceived connection time to the meeting and thus reduces user frustration with the meeting system.

Voice call continuity is provided for calls that are carried over a hybrid network infrastructure in which access connections are distributed over loosely coupled network portions including a backend network such as a core VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service network, one or more cellular mobile networks, and a public switched telephone network ('PSTN'). The calls are routed through the core VoIP network regardless of their points of origination or termination in other network portions so that signaling and call context are anchored in the core VoIP network. The conditions under which user equipment operate are continuously monitored so that when a connection is determined to have been unacceptably degraded or is likely to be interrupted, and/or a more optimal connection is available, a handover of the call to another connection is initiated so that call continuity is maintained using the lowest cost connection that provides acceptable call quality.

Voice call continuity in hybrid networks

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