REALTIME COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORK BROWSING CLIENT

• US 20150256579A1
• Filed: 05/27/2015
• Published: 09/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sococo, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Social Communications Company
• Inventors: Van Wie, David, Altmaier, Joseph
• Granted Patent: US 10,003,624 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/283 in response to processing delays, e.g. caused by jitter or round trip time [RTT]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets

Abstract

A graphical user interface is displayed. The graphical user interface includes at least one communication control for managing communications with other network nodes and at least one browser control for navigating to different network resource addresses. Human perceptible realtime output is generated from realtime communication data relating to a realtime communication session with at least one other client network node. In the process of generating of at least some of the human perceptible realtime output, operation of the client network node is managed based on at least one performance target. In the graphical user interface, a graphical representation of a network resource identified in connection with the browser control is displayed.

Claims

1-38. -38. (canceled)

39. A method performed by a client network node, the method comprising:

executing a web browsing client application comprising a realtime framework that manages processing of realtime data streams;

through the web browsing client application, running a server application downloaded from a server network node;

in accordance with the server application, establishing a peer-to-peer connection with another client network node executing another web browsing client application using a connectionless transport protocol;

over the peer-to-peer connection, streaming realtime data streams between the web browsing client application executing on the client network node and the other web browsing client application executing on the other client network node;

during the streaming, processing the realtime data streams; and

in accordance with the realtime framework of the web browsing client application, dynamically adjusting the processing of the realtime data streams based on network performance over the peer-to-peer connection.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein the adjusting is based on network delay over the peer-to-peer connection.

41. The method of claim 39, wherein the adjusting is based on network jitter over the peer-to-peer connection.

42. The method of claim 39, wherein the adjusting is based on network packet loss rate over the peer-to-peer connection.

43. The method of claim 39, wherein the adjusting is based on network bandwidth over the peer-to-peer connection.

44. The method of claim 39, wherein the adjusting is based on network data rate over the peer-to-peer connection.

45. The method of claim 39, wherein the adjusting comprises dynamically adjusting quality of at least one of the realtime data streams being streamed in response to changes in network performance over the peer-to-peer connection.

46. The method of claim 39, wherein the realtime data stream is an audio data stream.

47. The method of claim 39, wherein the realtime data stream is a video data stream.

48. The method of claim 39, wherein the realtime data stream is designated as a time-critical data stream;

and

further comprising by the client network node;

over the peer-to-peer connection, streaming another data stream between the web browsing client application executing on the client network node and the other web browsing client application executing on the other client network node, wherein the other data stream is designated as a non-time-critical data stream; and

dynamically adjusting relative amounts of network resources available over the peer-to-peer connection between the time-critical data stream and the non-time-critical data stream.

49. The method of claim 48, wherein the adjusting comprises:

by the client network node, dynamically adjusting the allocation of bandwidth available over the peer-to-peer connection between the time-critical data stream and the non-time-critical data stream.

50. The method of claim 49, wherein the adjusting comprises:

by the client network node, delaying delivery of the non-time-critical stream.

51. The method of claim 49, wherein the adjusting comprises:

by the client network node, throttling the non-time-critical data streams.

52. The method of claim 39, wherein the streaming comprises:

transmitting an outgoing realtime data stream from the web browsing client application executing on the client network node to the other web browsing client application executing on the other client network node; and

by the web browsing client application executing the client network node, receiving an incoming realtime data stream from the other web browsing client application executing on the other client network node

53. The method of claim 39, wherein the server application is a realtime communications application enabling realtime audio conferencing communications between the client network nodes over the peer-to-peer connection.

54. The method of claim 39, wherein the server application is a realtime communications application enabling realtime video conferencing communications between the client network nodes over the peer-to-peer connection.

56. The method of claim 39, further comprising:

in accordance with the server application, displaying on a display a graphical user interface comprising at least one communication control for managing realtime communications with other network nodes and at least one browser control for navigating to different network resource addresses, the communication and browser controls being responsive to user inputs.