Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Lee Christopher Pethers

Benjamin Gareth Dove

Mohammed Ladha

Disclosed are systems, methods, and machine readable mediums which determine whether a computer participating in a network-based conversation deliberately left the network-based conversation. A time period is selected in response to the determination of whether the computer deliberately left the network conversation. After the time period has elapsed, removing a graphical indication of the computing device from a display of a second computing device still part of the network-based conversation.

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Brentwood, United Kingdom

Lee Christopher Pethers