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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason Thomas Faulkner, Seattle, WA (US);
Kenton O'Hara, Bristol, GB;
Ewin Davis Kannuthottiyil, Prague, CZ;
Eric Randall Sexauer, Woodinville, WA (US);
Edward Sean Lloyd Rintel, Cambridge, GB;
Thaddeus Scott, Kirkland, WA (US);
Kevin Morrison, Arlington, MA (US);
Robert Corish, London, GB;
Anthony Wieser, Cambridge, GB;
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a number of techniques for enhancing a user's experience when joining teleconference sessions. When multiple users join a teleconference session using separate devices, a system identifies devices that are co-located. The co-located devices are identified by the use of a combination of data including, but not limited to social signals, audio signal and other location data. At least one device of the co-located devices, has a first control set for controlling a teleconference session and other devices of the co-located devices have a second control set for sharing content. The at least one device also has one set of streams and the other devices see a subset of those streams or other streams based on an activity level. In addition, the present disclosure provides a number of techniques for enabling users to use multiple devices to share content.