US 12,309,213 B2
Detecting violations in video conferencing
Lan Betty Ngoc Mai, Shoreline, WA (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,287.
Prior Publication US 2024/0073264 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 65/4038 (2022.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 65/4038 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1822 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
connecting, by a collaboration server, at least two participants via respective user devices to a collaboration session;
detecting a violation occurring during the collaboration session, the violation indicating an inappropriate activity or an inappropriate content from a participant of the at least two participants;
based on detecting the violation, limiting a participation level of the participant in the collaboration session without excluding the participant from the collaboration session by selecting one partial participation level of a plurality of predefined partial participation levels to limit the participation level of the participant; and
adjusting one or more control settings of at least one of: a video stream of the participant, an audio of the participant, or sharing content by the participant, in the collaboration session based on the one partial participation level that is selected,
wherein adjusting the one or more control settings includes restricting access to the video stream provided by the participant while allowing the audio provided by the participant based on a trust score of the participant being below a first threshold and above a second threshold, wherein the trust score of the participant is based on an activity history of the participant, and restricting the video stream and the audio provided by the participant based on the trust score of the participant being below the second threshold.