Compositing and transmitting contextual information during an audio or video call

A system for augmenting person-to-person communication, the system comprising:

• a controller component coupled to or incorporated into a sending device configured to participate in a call comprising video with a receiving device, the controller component configured to:
• receive user settings for the receiving device;
• determine, based upon the received user settings, contextual information to be sent from the sending device to the receiving device during the call, the contextual information comprising an additional video stream;
• and
• transmit the contextual information separate from the video during the call to the receiving device from the sending device.

One or more machine-readable storage devices including executable instructions, that upon execution perform operations for augmenting person-to-person communication by:

• receiving user settings for a receiving device;
• initiating a video call between a sending device and the receiving device, the video call comprising a video stream;
• determining contextual information to be sent from the sending device to the receiving device during the video call based upon the user settings, the contextual information comprising an additional video stream;
• and
• transmitting the contextual information separate from the video stream from a sending device to the receiving device during the video call.