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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2010
Afshin Frederick Mehin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Valentina Venza, Venice, IT;
Suzanne Gibbs Howard, San Francisco, CA (US);
Astrid Van Der Flier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Elger Oberwelz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas Zambetti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jesse Tane, San Francisco, CA (US);
Katrin B. Gosling, Woodside, CA (US);
Coe Leta Rayne Stafford, Millbrae, CA (US);
Martin Nicholas John Heaton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Robert Adams, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peter Riering-czekalla, Oakland, CA (US);
Andrew Paul Switky, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michael Gibson, Evergreen, CO (US);
Richard Cerami, Denver, CO (US);
Afshin Frederick Mehin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Valentina Venza, Venice, IT;
Suzanne Gibbs Howard, San Francisco, CA (US);
Astrid van der Flier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Elger Oberwelz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas Zambetti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jesse Tane, San Francisco, CA (US);
Katrin B. Gosling, Woodside, CA (US);
Coe Leta Rayne Stafford, Millbrae, CA (US);
Martin Nicholas John Heaton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Robert Adams, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peter Riering-Czekalla, Oakland, CA (US);
Andrew Paul Switky, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michael Gibson, Evergreen, CO (US);
Richard Cerami, Denver, CO (US);
Qwest Communications International Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Solutions for facilitating enhanced video calling functionality. Embodiments include functionality for handling video calling through a communications hub. According to some embodiments, the communications hub is a user supersystem having multiple clients, each with an integrated camera and display, capable of seamlessly handing off video call functionality among the clients. Other embodiments integrate other functionality of the communications hub (e.g., web browsing, multimedia, etc.) into the video call environment.