Dynamic media router

A computer program product for dynamic media routing within a virtual conference, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media capable of performing a method, the method comprising:
• determining a quality of one or more existing network connections corresponding to one or more participants of a virtual conference;
• transmitting a media stream sample and a corresponding checksum value between the one or more members of the virtual conference using one or more alternative network connections;
• determining a quality of the one or more alternative network connections based on the media stream sample and the corresponding checksum value;
• and
• based on determining that the quality of the one or more alternative network connections is higher than the quality of the one or more existing network connections, switching the one or more existing network connections to the one or more alternative network connections.

A computer system for dynamic media routing within a virtual conference, the system comprising:

• one or more computer processors, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the one or more of the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors capable of performing a method, the method comprising:
• determining a quality of one or more existing network connections corresponding to one or more participants of a virtual conference;
• transmitting a media stream sample and a corresponding checksum value between the one or more members of the virtual conference using one or more alternative network connections;
• determining a quality of the one or more alternative network connections based on the media stream sample and the corresponding checksum value;
• and
• based on determining that the quality of the one or more alternative network connections is higher than the quality of the one or more existing network connections, switching the one or more existing network connections to the one or more alternative network connections.