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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
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;
Edward Sean Lloyd Rintel, Cambridge, GB;
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 with multiple devices. When a user attempts to join a teleconference session using the same user identity for multiple devices, a system differentiates the devices as a primary device and at least one companion device. The primary device has a first control set for controlling a teleconference session and the at least one companion device has a companion control set for sharing content. In some embodiments, the primary device also has one set of selected streams, e.g., a stage view, and the companion device has 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 share content using the companion devices.