US 12,381,919 B1
Communication session join modes and auto join
Amer Aref Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US); and Mahendra D. Sekaran, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/426,955.
Int. Cl. H04L 65/1093 (2022.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 65/80 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/1093 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for modifying a network-based real-time interactive communication session, the method comprising:
using one or more hardware processors:
identifying that a first participant of a network-based real-time interactive communication session is to be joined to the network-based real-time interactive communication session;
identifying a join mode rule created by the first participant of the network-based real-time interactive communication session;
identifying metadata about the network-based real-time interactive communication session or status information describing a current status of an ongoing network-based real-time interactive communication session;
determining a join mode for the first participant based on evaluating the join mode rule using the metadata or status information, wherein the determined join mode comprises an indication that the first participant is to be hidden from a second participant of the network-based real-time interactive communication session; and
causing the first participant to be joined to the network-based real-time interactive communication session according to the determined join mode, wherein the determined join mode conceals the first participant's presence from the second participant by precluding a display of a participant tile for the first participant on a user interface of a computing device used by the second participant to display the network-based real-time interactive communication session, while the joining of the first participant enables the computing device of the first participant to receive real-time media of the network-based real-time interactive communication session.