US 11,722,545 B2
Systems and methods for adaptively improving the perceived quality of a video conference by passive users
Pierre Seigneurbieux, Mountain View, CA (US); Satish Malalaganv Ramakrishna, Yellapur (IN); and Michael Grupenhoff, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/811,496.
Application 17/811,496 is a continuation of application No. 17/409,399, filed on Aug. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,405,448.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057544 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/80 (2013.01) [H04L 65/403 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.