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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 30, 2012
Christopher David Vander Mey, Seattle, WA (US);
Karl Martin Ohman, Stockholm, SE;
Serge Lachapelle, Vallentuna, SE;
Justin Russell Uberti, Kirkland, WA (US);
Christopher David Vander Mey, Seattle, WA (US);
Karl Martin Ohman, Stockholm, SE;
Serge Lachapelle, Vallentuna, SE;
Justin Russell Uberti, Kirkland, WA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for muting participants in a communication session are described. A communication session, such as a teleconference or a video conference, may be established between a plurality of participants using devices. Each participant engaged in the communication session may be authorized to mute or un-mute other participants. Information related to the communication session may be provided to some of the participants, including but are not limited to, indications of when a participant is muted or unmuted, indications of which participant initiated a muting or un-muting, indications of volume of a participant, or indications of types of sounds in a communication session. Social controls, utilized through transparency (e.g., providing identifying indications), may reduce the chance of misuse of the muting functionality.