Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Timothy Michael Cleary

Jason Thomas Faulkner

Kevin D Morrison

Thaddeus Adam Scott

Marcelo Daniel Truffat

Mansoor A Malik

Matthew Benjamin Blank

Ekaterina Bassova

Sandeep Siddhartha

Jatin Patel

Emma Ryan

A system and method for presenting different graphical representations of a user to different end-users in a network-based communication environment are provided. A first end-user has a first a social distance from a user in a social graph while a second end-user has a second social distance from the user that is further than the first social distance in the social graph. A first graphical representation is provided in the network-based communication environment displayed to the first end-user and a second graphical representation different from the first graphical representation is provided in the network-based communication environment displayed to the second end-user. The difference between the first graphical representation and the second graphical representation is based on the difference between the first social distance and the second social distance.

Variable graphical representations based upon graph-node distance

Systems and methods for displaying a teleconference session are described. Teleconference data including display streams is transmitted to a number of client computers. Each of the streams may include at least a video and an audio component. A user interface includes a first display area rendering a first stream and a second display area rendering a second stream. An event may occur that removes a video component from the first stream. In response to the event, the rendering of the first stream may be removed from the first display area, and one or more streams of the plurality of streams may be displayed in at least a portion of the first display area. Such techniques for modifying user interface displays based on the actions of select users that have transitioned to an audio-only mode can optimize the use of a display area.

Event conditioned views for communication sessions

Event conditioned views for teleconferencing sessions

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