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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Amer Aref Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sonu Arora, Redmond, WA (US);
Omar Aftab, Kirkland, WA (US);
Bradford R. Clark, Broomfield, CO (US);
Danny Levin, Tel Aviv, IL;
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for host facility assignment for a conferencing session are described. Generally, a conferencing session refers to an exchange of communication media between communication endpoints. Accordingly to various embodiments, multiple different host facilities are available for hosting a conferencing session. Further to techniques described herein, a host facility from the different available host facilities is selected to perform hosting duties for the conferencing session. In at least some implementations, a host facility that is estimated to provide a highest session quality for the conferencing session is selected to host the conferencing session.