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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2022
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system for persistent participant prioritization across communication sessions is provided. A user can establish a priority for an assistant having a particular role, e.g., a sign language interpreter, a translator, etc. That prioritization can be stored in a user setting that causes a system to automatically persist the display of a video stream of their assistant in a designated region of a user interface throughout a communication session. The user setting is also utilized by the system so that the prioritization of the assistant persists across multiple communication sessions. The display of a video of an assistant is automatically positioned in the designated region each time the user joins a meeting without requiring an input to 'pin' the display of another participant. The persistent display of the video stream is not interrupted by predetermined events of a communication session, e.g., a presenter sharing content, detection of low network bandwidth.