| CPC H04L 12/1818 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1831 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 12/1827 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
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1. A method, comprising:
receiving a request to generate a calendar entry for a conference that includes an audio component and a video component, wherein the request includes a topic and a timeslot for the conference;
obtaining, for each participant of participants of the conference, respective conference preference information (CPI) associated with the timeslot, wherein the CPI of a participant of the participants indicates that conferences while the participant is in-transit during the timeslot enables a single-speaker mode wherein only one participant of the conference is enabled to speak at a time;
generating a focus score based on the topic, wherein the focus score is associated with an amount of user focus required for the conference;
generating the calendar entry for the conference based on one or more conference settings and the focus score, wherein the calendar entry is generated for the timeslot when the focus score is below a threshold and the calendar entry is generated for a different timeslot when the focus score meets the threshold;
enabling a single-speaker mode that allows one participant to speak at a time based on the CPI of the participant, wherein a participant device of the one participant is unmuted and participant devices of non-speaking participants are muted;
facilitating the conference between devices of the participants in the single-speaker mode; and
disabling the video component of the conference for the participant during the timeslot based on the one or more conference settings.
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