Multiparty communications systems and methods that optimize communications based on mode and available bandwidth

摘要

Improved methods, systems, and devices for managing communications are provided. A user device may display all ongoing communications so that a user can visualize the communications network or some subset thereof (e.g., a subgroup or group of users). A system may maintain the user device in an instant ready-on mode of communication with the other user devices. A user may then initiate communications with a subgroup (e.g., a pair) or group without initiating a new connection. Accordingly, a user can simultaneously and fluidly communicate at the subgroup level, at the group level, or at the inter-group level. Moreover, users can function as independent actors that can freely form and leave subgroups as well as groups.

主权项

1. A method for facilitating dynamic communications amongst multiple users, the method comprising:
receiving video communications, the video communications being sent by a transmitting device and directed to a receiving device; determining, based on activity between the transmitting device and the receiving device, a communication mode applicable to each of the transmitting and receiving devices, the determined applicable communication mode being one of: an instant ready-on mode, an intermediate mode, and an active mode; determining an available bandwidth of at least one of the transmitting and receiving devices; and deriving contextual communications from the video communications based on both the determined communication mode and the determined available bandwidth.