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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2016
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Tomi Yiu, Seattle, WA (US);
Cameron James Pickett, Seattle, WA (US);
Naizhi Li, Redmond, WA (US);
Chi Wang Ho, Redmond, WA (US);
Parama Jyothi Reddappagari, Redmond, WA (US);
FACEBOOK, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for providing multi-modal multi-party calling include receiving a join request at a multiway server (MWS) from a first client, the join request identifying a second client; sending a call invitation to the second client from the MWS; receiving a connection from the second client to the MWS; receiving a first media status from one of the first client or the second client while the first client and the second client are in a peer-to-peer mode; and forwarding the first media status to the other of the first client or the second client. Other embodiments are described and claimed.