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Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;

Inventors:

Can Gurbag, Irvine, CA (US);

Esther Zheng, Irvine, CA (US);

Jason Meachum, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Michael Bringle, Irvine, CA (US);

Naiqi Jin, Santa Ana, CA (US);

Praveen Kashyap, Irvine, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 65/601 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for facilitating a multi-user video chat session, wherein the system comprises multiple electronic client devices and a server. The server receives, from each client device, an information unit representing user activity at the client device. The server selects one or more information units based on measurements of user activity in the information units received. The server generates a combined video stream including said selected one or more information units, wherein the combined video stream is sent to at least one client device.


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