Handling concurrent speech

A server system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory;
• and
• one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
• receiving speech data from a first participant of a session;
• receiving speech data from a second participant of the session;
• and
• determining whether the speech data from the second participant temporally overlaps the speech data from the first participant, wherein
• when the speech data from the second participant does not temporally overlap the speech data from the first participant, the speech data of the first participant is outputted and then the speech data of the second participant is outputted, and
• when the speech data from the second participant temporally overlaps the speech data from the first participant, an amount by which the speech data for the second participant overlaps the speech data of the first participant is determined, wherein
• when the overlap is less than a first predetermined threshold amount of a terminal portion of the speech data of the first participant, the speech data of the first participant is outputted and then the speech data of the second participant is outputted in accordance with an adjustment of the speech of one or more participants of the session that includes delaying output of the speech data of the second participant;
• and
• when the overlap is more than the first predetermined threshold amount of the terminal portion of the speech data of the first participant, the speech data of the first participant is outputted and the entire speech data of the second participant is selectively dropped.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a computer system with one or more processors, cause the computer system to:

• receive speech data from a first participant of a session;
• receive speech data from a second participant of the session;
• and
• determine whether the speech data from the second participant temporally overlaps the speech data from the first participant, wherein
• when the speech data from the second participant does not temporally overlap the speech data from the first participant, the speech data of the first participant is outputted and then the speech data of the second participant is outputted, and
• when the speech data from the second participant temporally overlaps the speech data from the first participant, an amount by which the speech data for the second participant overlaps the speech data of the first participant is determined, wherein
• when the overlap is less than a first predetermined threshold amount of a terminal portion of the speech data of the first participant, the speech data of the first participant is outputted and then the speech data of the second participant is outputted in accordance with an adjustment of the speech of one or more participants of the session that includes delaying output of the speech data of the second participant;
• and
• when the overlap is more than the first predetermined threshold amount of the terminal portion of the speech data of the first participant, the speech data of the first participant is outputted and the entire speech data of the second participant is selectively dropped.