US 12,348,677 B1
Bidirectional videoconference-related messaging for public switched telephone network participants
John Joseph Dunne, Bremertom, WA (US); Siddhartha Shankara Rao, Seattle, WA (US); and Michael Mark Goodwin, Scotts Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/710,336.
Int. Cl. H04M 3/56 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 3/567 (2013.01) [H04M 3/42382 (2013.01); H04M 2201/50 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories having stored therein instructions that, upon execution by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform computing operations comprising:
hosting, by a conferencing service, a videoconference among a plurality of participants, wherein the plurality of participants comprise Internet Protocol (IP)-connected participants and a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)-connected participant, wherein the IP-connected participants are connected to the videoconference via IP-based connections, wherein the IP-connected participants send and receive audio content of the videoconference and video content of the videoconference via the IP-based connections, wherein the PSTN-connected participant is connected to the videoconference via a PSTN connection, wherein the PSTN-connected participant sends and receives the audio content of the videoconference via the PSTN connection;
generating, by the conferencing service, for transmission to the PSTN-connected participant, a first text message comprising first text from a first chat post within a videoconference chat;
transmitting, by the conferencing service, to the PSTN-connected participant, via the PSTN connection, the first text message;
receiving, by the conferencing service, from the PSTN-connected participant, via the PSTN connection, a second text message that is a response to the first text message; and
providing, by the conferencing service, to the IP-connected participants, via the videoconference chat, at least part of contents of the second text message obtained from the PSTN-connected participant via the PSTN connection, wherein second text from the second text message is added to a second chat post attributed to the PSTN-connected participant within the videoconference chat.