# US 2023/0057544 A1 · Systems and methods for adaptively improving the perceived quality of a video conference by passive users > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0057544 A1 - Document ID: US20230057544A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/811,496 - Filed: 2022-07-08 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2021-08-23 - Assignees: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. - Applicants: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. - Inventors: Pierre Seigneurbieux; Satish Malalaganv Ramakrishna; Michael Grupenhoff - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230057544A1 ## CPC - H04L 65/80: Responding to QoS - H04L 65/403: Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) - H04L 65/612: for unicast - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A device may include a processor configured to monitor a user of a video conferencing application. The processor may be further configured to determine that the user corresponds to a passive user based on the monitoring; switch a setting for the video conferencing application for the user from real-time video to video streaming, in response to determining that the user corresponds to a passive user; generate a delay between receiving content via the video conferencing application and playing the content by the video conferencing application, wherein the delay progressively increases from no delay to a particular delay value over a time period, in response to switching the setting for the video conferencing application for the user from real-time video to video streaming; and play the received content using the video conferencing application based on the generated delay. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: designating, by a computer device, a user of a video conferencing application as a passive user; generating, by the computer device, a delay between receiving content via the video conferencing application and playing the content by the video conferencing application, wherein the delay progressively increases to a particular delay value, based on designating the user of the video conferencing application as a passive user; and playing, by the computer device, the received content using the video conferencing application based on the generated delay. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein playing the received content using the video conferencing application based on the generated delay includes: storing the received content in a buffer before playing the content by the video conferencing application; and playing the received content from the buffer using the video conferencing application. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein designating the user of the video conferencing application as a passive user includes: detecting that the user has activated a mute setting. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein designating the user of the video conferencing application as a passive user includes: determining that the user is a passive user using a computer vision analysis of a video stream of the user captured by a camera. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein designating the user of the video conferencing application as a passive user includes: providing a passive mode prompt to the user; and receiving a selection of the passive mode from the user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein playing the received content using the video conferencing application based on the generated delay includes: determining that a packet in the received content has been corrupted; and requesting that the packet be re-sent, in response to determining that the packet in the received content has been corrupted. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining that the user has switched from being a passive user to an active user; and switching the setting for the video conferencing application for the user from video streaming to real-time video, in response to determining that the user has switched from being a passive user to an active user. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein determining that the user has switched from being a passive user to an active user includes at least one of: detecting that the user has deactivated a mute setting, or determining that the user has switched from being a passive user to an active user using a computer vision analysis of a video stream of the user captured by a camera. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising: speeding up the playing of the received content using the video conferencing application until the content being played is corresponds to the real-time video received via the video conferencing application. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein speeding up the playing of the received content using the video conferencing application includes: skipping a period of silence in an audio stream included in the received content. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein speeding up the playing of the received content using the video conferencing application includes: skipping at least one video frame included in the received content. ### Claim 12 A device comprising: a processor configured to: designate a user of a video conferencing application as a passive user; generate a delay between receiving content via the video conferencing application and playing the content by the video conferencing application, wherein the delay progressively increases to a particular delay value, based on designating the user of the video conferencing application as a passive user; and play the received content using the video conferencing application based on the generated delay. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The device of claim 12, wherein, when designating the user of the video conferencing application as a passive user, the processor is further configured to at last one of: detect that the user has activated a mute setting, or determine that the user is a passive user using a computer vision analysis of a video stream of the user captured by a camera. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The device of claim 12, wherein, when designating the user of the video conferencing application as a passive user, the processor is further configured to at last one of: prompt the user to select a passive mode; and receive a selection of a passive mode from the user. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The device of claim 12, wherein, when playing the received content using the video conferencing application based on the generated delay the processor is further configured to: determine that a packet in the received content has been corrupted; and request that the packet be re-sent, in response to determining that the packet in the received content has been corrupted. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to: determine that the user has switched from being a passive user to an active user; and switch the setting for the video conferencing application for the user from video streaming to real-time video, in response to determining that the user has switched from a being passive user to an active user. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The device of claim 16, wherein, when determining that the user has switched from being a passive user to an active user, the processor is further configured to at least one of: detect that the user has deactivated a mute setting, or determine that the user has switched from being a passive user to an active user using a computer vision analysis of a video stream of the user captured by a camera. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The device of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to: speed up the playing of the received content using the video conferencing application until the content being played corresponds to the real-time video received via the video conferencing application. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The device of claim 18, wherein, when speeding up the playing of the received content using the video conferencing application, the processor is further configured to at least one of: skip a period of silence in an audio stream included in the received content, or skip a video frame included in the received content. ### Claim 20 A non-transitory computer-readable memory device storing instructions executable by a processor, the non-transitory computer-readable memory device comprising: one or more instructions to designate a user of a video conferencing application as a passive user; one or more instructions to generate a delay between receiving content via the video conferencing application and playing the content by the video conferencing application, wherein the delay progressively increases to a particular delay value, based on designating the user of the video conferencing application as a passive user; and one or more instructions to play the received content using the video conferencing application based on the generated delay.