US 2017/0289499 A1 · Communication Event

Abstract

In a communication event between a first user and one or more second users via a communication network. A plurality of video streams is received via the network at a computer connected to the network. Each of the streams carries a respective moving image of at least one respective user. The computer causes the respective moving image of a first of the video streams to be displayed at a user device of the first user for a first time interval. The computer detects, in the respective moving image of a second of the video streams that is not displayed at the user device in the first time interval, a change in the visual content thereof In response to detecting said change in the visual content, the computer causes at least the second video stream to be displayed at the user device for a second time interval.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a plurality of video streams, each video stream carrying a respective moving image of one or more users;
causing the respective moving image of a first of the video streams to be displayed at a device for a first time interval;
detecting a change in the visual content of the respective moving image of a second of the video streams that is not being displayed at the device during the first time interval, the change in the visual content comprising a change in a total number of users in the respective moving image;
and
in response to detecting the change in the visual content, causing the respective moving image of the second video stream to be displayed at the device for a second time interval.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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