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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022

Filed:

May. 20, 2021
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yasi Xi, Hefei, CN;

Bhargavkumar Ghanshyamlal Pandya, Dublin, CA (US);

Zhaoyi Jin, Hefei, CN;

Weiwei Chen, Hefei, CN;

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 65/401 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04L 65/1096 (2022.01); H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); H04L 65/1093 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/4015 (2013.01); H04L 12/1818 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04L 65/1069 (2013.01); H04L 65/1093 (2013.01); H04L 65/1096 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04M 3/42348 (2013.01); H04M 3/568 (2013.01);
Abstract

Presented herein are techniques in which a device connects a plurality of user devices to a communication session in which a plurality of participants of the respective plurality of user devices communicate using audio and/or video and determines respective locations of the plurality of user devices. The devices receives, from a particular user device of the plurality of user devices, a request to group the user devices into a plurality of groups to form one or more breakout communication sessions off of the communication session, assigns user devices to respective ones of the plurality of groups based on the respective locations such that user devices at a common location are assigned to a same group, and transmits information identifying the plurality of groups to the particular user device.


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