VIRTUAL COLLABORATION SESSION ACCESS

• US 20140317302A1
• Filed: 06/27/2014
• Published: 10/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Naik, Kiran
• Granted Patent: US 9,215,282 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1093 by adding participants; by removing participants
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4038 with floor control
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols

Abstract

Methods are provided that include receiving a request to couple a first client device to a communication session, wherein the request includes user identification information. The method may include determining a number of client devices coupled to the communication session and comparing the number of client devices coupled to the communication session to a maximum number of client devices to determine whether the maximum number of client devices are coupled to the communication session. The method may also include when the maximum number of client devices are coupled to the communication session, determining whether a user associated with the first client device is a preferred user based on at least the user identification information and when the user is the preferred user, coupling the client device associated with the preferred user to the communication session.

Claims

1. A method, executing on one or more computing devices, said method comprising:

receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a request to couple a first client device to a communication session, wherein the request includes user identification information;

determining, by the one or more computing devices, a number of client devices coupled to the communication session;

comparing, by the one or more computing devices, the number of client devices coupled to the communication session to a maximum number of client devices to determine whether the maximum number of client devices are coupled to the communication session;

when the maximum number of client devices are coupled to the communication session, determining, by the one or more computing devices, whether a user associated with the first client device is a preferred user based on at least the user identification information; and

when the user is the preferred user, coupling, by the one or more computing devices, the first client device associated with the preferred user to the communication session, wherein the communication session enables communication between the first client device and one or more second client devices coupled to the communication session.

2-20. -20. (canceled)