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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew M. Dahley, San Francisco, CA (US);
John Patrick Enstrom, San Francisco, CA (US);
Anil Sabharwal, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); H04N 21/266 (2011.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/266 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); H04N 7/141 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and computing system for providing, using one or more computing devices, a synchronous communication session for a plurality of users of a social network. A first video stream of a first user of the plurality of users is rendered within a primary viewing field associated with the synchronous communication session. At least a second video stream of at least a second user of the plurality of users is rendered within the primary viewing field associated with the synchronous communication session.