Communication System
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsBenjamin Gareth Dove, Mohammed Ladha, Lee Christoper Pethers
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems, methods, and machine readable mediums which determine whether a computer participating in a network-based conversation deliberately left the network-based conversation. A time period is selected in response to the determination of whether the computer deliberately left the network conversation. After the time period has elapsed, removing a graphical indication of the computing device from a display of a second computing device still part of the network-based conversation.
Claims21
(canceled)
A computing device comprising:
- at least one computer processor;
- a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one computer processor, causes the at least one computer processor to perform operations comprising:
- causing a display device to render a representation of a user of a second computing device that is part of a network-based conversation with the computing device, the conversation including one or more communication modalities;
- determining that the second computing device is no longer part of the network-based conversation;
- determining, based upon a received communication, whether the second computing device deliberately left the network-based conversation;
- based upon a received communication;
- selecting a particular period of time based upon whether the second computing device deliberately left the network-based conversation;
- removing the display of the representation of the user upon expiry of the particular period of time, the second computing device having not rejoined the network-based conversation during the period of time.
A method comprising operations comprising:
- causing a display device to render a representation of a user of a second computing device that is part of a network-based conversation with the computing device, the conversation including one or more communication modalities;
- determining that the second computing device is no longer part of the network-based conversation;
- determining, based upon a received communication, whether the second computing device deliberately left the network-based conversation;
- based upon a received communication;
- selecting a particular period of time based upon whether the second computing device deliberately left the network-based conversation;
- removing the display of the representation of the user upon expiry of the particular period of time, the second computing device having not rejoined the network-based conversation during the period of time.
A computing device comprising:
- means for causing a display device to render a representation of a user of a second computing device that is part of a network-based conversation with the computing device, the conversation including one or more communication modalities;
- means for determining that the second computing device is no longer part of the network-based conversation;
- means for determining, based upon a received communication, whether the second computing device deliberately left the network-based conversation;
- based upon a received communication;
- means for selecting a particular period of time based upon whether the second computing device deliberately left the network-based conversation;
- means for removing the display of the representation of the user upon expiry of the particular period of time, the second computing device having not rejoined the network-based conversation during the period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.