Virtual position based management of collaboration sessions

An apparatus comprising:

• a network interface configured to enable network communications;
• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memories storing instructions that when executed configure the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• establishing a plurality of communication sessions with a plurality of client devices;
• establishing a first collaboration session that integrates first communications of the plurality of communication sessions;
• obtaining data defining relative positions of a plurality of icons to be presented on displays of the plurality of client devices, each of the plurality of icons associated with a respective one of the plurality of communication sessions, wherein a different name is associated with each of the plurality of icons;
• selectively enabling an establishment of a second collaboration session that integrates second communications of two or more communication sessions of the plurality of communication sessions based on relative positions of the icons associated with the two or more communication sessions;
• establishing the second collaboration session;
• integrating the first communications of the first collaboration session into the second collaboration session;
• obtaining data indicating associations between two different names and two of the icons have been swapped;
• and
• removing one of the two or more communication sessions from the second collaboration session based on the data indicating the associations have been swapped.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed configure one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• establishing a plurality of communication sessions with a plurality of client devices;
• establishing a first collaboration session that integrates first communications of the plurality of communication sessions;
• obtaining data defining relative positions of a plurality of icons to be presented on displays of the plurality of client devices, each of the plurality of icons associated with a respective one of the communication sessions;
• selectively enabling an establishment of a second collaboration session that integrates second communications of two or more communication sessions of the plurality of communication sessions based on relative positions of the icons associated with the two or more communication sessions;
• establishing the second collaboration session;
• integrating the first communications of the first collaboration session into the second collaboration session;
• obtaining data indicating associations between two different names and two of the icons have been swapped;
• and
• removing one of the two or more communication sessions from the second collaboration session based on the data indicating the associations have been swapped.