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Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Kori M. Inkpen, Redmond, WA (US);

Sasa Junuzovic, Kirkland, WA (US);

Seungwon Kim, Christchurch, NZ;

Aaron C. Hoff, Kirkland, WA (US);

John C. Tang, Palo Alto, CA (US);

David Alexander Molnar, Seattle, WA (US);

Philip A. Chou, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/147 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure are directed towards providing contextual information (such as high resolution still images) during an audio or video call. A receiver of the contextual information may send commands to the sending device to specify a desired resolution and frame rate of such images. A receiving user also may determine how to display any video call frames and/or the contextual information on one or more display devices available to the receiving user. Other contextual information such as location-related data by which a user can determine and display a location of the other call participant (or participants) may be transmitted during the call.


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