Modifying display of an overlay on video data based on locations of regions of interest within the video data

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a receiving client device, remote video data of an area within a field of view of a remote image capture device included in a sending client device;
• identifying coordinates within the remote video data of one or more regions of interest within the remote video data;
• displaying the remote video data on a display device of the receiving client device;
• displaying an overlay on the remote video data, the overlay displayed in a specific area of the display device, including content other than the remote video data, and at least partially occluding remote video data displayed in the specific area of the display device;
• determining, by the receiving client device, that a threshold amount of a region of interest within the remote video data is within the specific area of the display device displaying the overlay for at least a threshold amount of time;
• in response to the determining:
• adjusting, by the receiving client device, the display of the overlay to reduce the occlusion of the region of interest displayed in the specific area of the display device by the overlay.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• capture local video data of a local area within a field of view of an image capture device included in a receiving client device;
• receive, at the receiving client device, remote video data of an area within a field of view of a remote image capture device included in a sending client device;
• identify coordinates within the remote video data of one or more regions of interest within the remote video data;
• display the remote video data on a display device of the receiving client device;
• display the local video data as an overlay on the remote video data, the overlay displayed in a specific area of the display device and at least partially occluding remote video data displayed in the specific area of the display device;
• determine, by the receiving client device, a threshold amount of a region of interest within the remote video data is within the specific area of the display device displaying the overlay for at least a threshold amount of time;
• in response to determining, the receiving client device adjusting the display of the overlay to reduce the occlusion of the region of interest displayed in the specific area of the display device by the overlay.