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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2022
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
John Joseph Dunne, Bremertom, WA (US);
Siddhartha Shankara Rao, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Mark Goodwin, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A videoconference among a plurality of participants may be hosted, wherein the plurality of participants comprise Internet Protocol (IP)-connected participants and a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)-connected participant. The IP-connected participants may send and receive audio content and video content of the videoconference via IP-based connections. The PSTN-connected participant may send and receive the audio content of the videoconference via a PSTN connection. Additional content from the videoconference may also be transmitted to the PSTN-connected participant, for example as text messages via the PSTN connection. The additional content may include, for example, images of a videoconference screen share, chat posts, polls, and the like. Images may be transmitted in the additional content based on video status change events, such as switching slides or pages in a screen share. In some examples, bidirectional messaging may allow contents of text messages from the PSTN-connected user to be displayed in the videoconference.