Electronic device that mitigates audio/video communication degradation of an image stream of a local participant in a video communication session

A method comprising:

• monitoring one or more sensors from among:
• (i) at least one image capturing device that captures and provides a first image stream;
• and (ii) at least one microphone that captures and provides a first audio stream;
• communicatively connecting an electronic device to at least one second electronic device via a video communication session;
• communicating a first transmission comprising one or more of the first audio stream and the first image stream to the video communication session;
• receiving the degraded version of the first transmission from one of a network server and a second electronic device of the at least one second electronic device;
• presenting the received degraded version of the first transmission via a user interface device to enable a user of the electronic device to experience the degraded version that is being received by the at least one second electronic devices;
• and
• in response to receiving an indication that one or more of the first image stream and the first audio stream within the first transmission is degraded, performing at least one of (i) presenting a transmission quality degraded” (TQD) report using at least one display device;
• and (ii) mitigating the degradation of the first transmission by:
• altering a corresponding one or more of the first image stream and the first audio stream to support transmission via a lower data rate;
• and
• communicating the altered one or more of the first image stream and the first audio stream to the video communication session.

A computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage device;
• and
• program code on the non-transitory computer readable storage device that when executed by a processor associated with an electronic device, the program code enables the electronic device to provide functionality of:
• monitoring one or more sensors from among:
• (i) at least one image capturing device that captures and provides a first image stream;
• and at least one microphone that captures and provides a first audio stream;
• communicatively connecting an electronic device to at least one second electronic device via a video communication session;
• communicating a first transmission comprising one or more of the first audio stream and the first image stream to the video communication session;
• receiving the degraded version of the first transmission from one of a network server and a second electronic device of the at least one second electronic device;
• presenting the received degraded version of the first transmission via a user interface device to enable a user of the electronic device to experience the degraded version that is being received by the at least one second electronic devices;
• and
• in response to receiving an indication that one or more of the first image stream and the first audio stream within the first transmission is degraded, performing at least one of (i) presenting a transmission quality degraded” (TQD) report using at least one display device;
• and (ii) mitigating the degradation of the first transmission by:
• altering a corresponding one or more of the first image stream and the first audio stream to support transmission via a lower data rate;
• and
• communicating the altered one or more of the first image stream and the first audio stream to the video communication session.