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Sender side video telephony downgrade

  • US 9,445,051 B1
  • Filed: 08/14/2015
  • Issued: 09/13/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of processing data, the method comprising:

  • in a video telephony session between a local device and a remote device, identifying, by the local device, degraded playback of video data at the remote device, wherein the video telephony session comprises a one-way video connection from the local device to the remote device or a two-way video connection having a first video connection from the local device to the remote device and a second video connection from the remote device to the local device; and

    in response to identifying the degraded playback, terminating, by the local device, a video connection of the video telephony session, wherein terminating the video connection comprises at least one of;

    when the video telephony session comprises the one-way video connection, terminating the one-way video connection to establish an audio-only connection, such that the local device transmits only audio data and receives only audio data, andwhen the video telephony session comprises the two-way video connection, terminating the second video connection from the local device to the remote device to establish a one-way video connection, such that the local device transmits audio data without transmitting video data.

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