Ending communications session based on presence data

#Two or more devices may be capable of communicating audio and/or video with one another. For audio communications, sounds captured by each devices' microphone(s) may be may be received by the other device(s). For video communications, video as well as audio captured by each device(s) camera(s) and/or microphone(s) may be received by the other device(s).

#FIG. 1 is an illustrative diagram of an exemplary system for causing a communications session to end in response to a recipient device detecting silence, in accordance with various embodiments;

#FIG. 2 is an illustrative diagram of the exemplary system architecture of FIG. 1, in accordance with various embodiments;

#FIG. 3 is an illustrative flowchart of an exemplary process for determining whether non-speech is detected by an initiating device, in accordance with various embodiments;

#The present disclosure, as set forth below, is generally directed to various embodiments of methods and systems for ending communications between devices based, at least in part, on an absence of presence data. Presence data, in one embodiment, may correspond to any characteristic that may indicate an individual, or individuals, presence. For instance, lack of speech activity may indicate that an individual is not present, or does not want to communicate with another individual. Speech activity, in some embodiments, may be monitored for an initiating device—a device that initiates a communications session—as well as, or alternatively, for a recipient device.

#In a non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, a first individual operating a first device may communicate with a second individual operating a second device using one or more types of communication such as, and without limitation, audio communications, video communications, and/or textual communications. The specific type of communication that one may use to communicate with another may depend, for instance, on a type of device that the initiator operates, as well as a type of device that the receiver operates. For example, an individual may be capable of conducting video communications with another individual so long as both individuals have devices capable of facilitating video communications (e.g., devices including cameras and screens).

#In some embodiments, an individual may authorize certain contacts so that those contacts have permission to initiate and establish a communications session between the individual's electronic device and that contact's electronic device. By granting such permissions, the authorized contacts may be able to establish a communications session with the individual without requiring that the individual “accept,” or otherwise approve, the communications session. For example, an individual may authorize a first contact such that the first contact is able to establish a communications session with the individual. In response to the first contact speaking a communications session initiation utterance, or pressing a button to start a communications session, a communications session between the first contact's device and the individual's device may be established, and the two devices may be capable of sending/receiving audio and/or video communications to/from one another. By granting the first contact permission to establish the communication session, the individual would not be required to provide explicit approval prior to the communications session starting.