US 11,870,943 B2
Variable-volume audio streams
Spencer G. Fowers, Duvall, WA (US); David Anthony Tittsworth, Gig Harbor, WA (US); and Amber Dawn Hoak, Silverdale, WA (US)
Assigned to MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/049,119.
Application 18/049,119 is a division of application No. 17/357,883, filed on Jun. 24, 2021, granted, now 11,539,845.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067120 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04L 65/1093 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01)
CPC H04M 3/568 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1093 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for providing enhanced teleconferencing, the method comprising:
generating a teleconference interface with a plurality of user-controlled participant interface elements representing participants of the teleconference;
identifying a first conversation based on positions, in the teleconference interface, of a first subset of the participant interface elements;
identifying a second conversation based on the positions, in the teleconference interface, of a second subset of the participant interface elements;
accessing supplemental data, from at least one of a networking or social media database, for a first participant in the first conversation and a second participant in the second conversation, the supplemental data indicating a degree of connection in the networking or social media database from a user of the teleconference interface to the first participant and a degree of connection from the user of the teleconference interface to the second participant; and
presenting, within the participant interface elements, the supplemental data.