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AssigneeTalking Stick, Inc.
InventorsTheodore Stoner, Benjamin Gauthier, Jacob Quattrocchi, Bryan Eaton
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Once a group communication such as a video conference has been initiated, embodiments of the present disclosure provide for equitably managing the conference so that each participant can be given a chance to speak or contribute. For example, and according to one embodiment, the participants can be placed into a rotating queue based upon the order in which they joined the conference. As the conference progresses, each participant can be allowed to speak, while the other participants are muted, for up to a predetermined amount of time. Once that time expires, or the speaker yields the remaining time, the next participant in the rotating queue can be allowed to speak for up to the same predetermined amount of time. This rotation can continue for up to a predetermined number of rotations, a predetermined amount of time for the conference, or until the participants otherwise end the conference.
A method for managing a group communication session, the method comprising:
A system comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to manage a group communication by:
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