Abstract:
The disclosure generally relates to offloading communication from a network infrastructure to direct peer-to-peer communication. In particular, a server may receive peer-to-peer status information over the network infrastructure from at least two client devices that intend to communicate, wherein the peer-to-peer status information may include at least coarse or precise location information associated with the client devices. The server may then instruct the client devices to communicate over a direct peer-to-peer connection that bypasses the network infrastructure in response to determining that the location information received from the client devices and other conditions permit offloading the communication from the network infrastructure. For example, the server may determine whether the communication can be offloaded based at least in part on whether an estimated distance between the client devices falls within a maximum range associated with one or more peer-to-peer interfaces supported on one or more of the client devices.
Abstract:
Methods, devices, and systems enable a server to route a communication from a calling party to a third-party device when a called party is unreachable by obtaining current status data from a plurality of devices registered with the server, and generating a list of potential third-party devices based at least on the obtained current status data. A call request notification may be transmitted to a third-party device selected from the list. In response to receiving a call acceptance message, the server may transmit an authentication challenge for the called party. The server may determine whether an authentication response message includes a correct response to the authentication challenge, and if so, administer the communication between a calling party device and the selected third-party device. The server may calculate charges to the calling party or called party and credits for the third-party whose device accepts the communication for the called party.
Abstract:
Dynamic floor control in group communications may include allocating floor time to participants according to a floor control function. To determine the amount of floor time to allocate to each participant, an embodiment floor control function may factor in parameters including the number of active participants in the group communication, the overall likeability of each participant, and the popularity ranking for each participant. In an embodiment, parameters such as overall likeability may be based on votes received from other participants. Parameters may be updated during the group communication to adjust participants' floor time. If a participant is granted the floor or speaks, a countdown timer may be started that decrements the participant's remaining floor time until the participant releases the floor or runs out of floor time. Once the countdown timer expires, the participant may be denied the floor and/or may no longer speak in the group communication.
Abstract:
In an embodiment, a control device configures session parameters (e.g., related to an audio component, a video component, an eye tracking component, etc.) for a coordinated display session. The control devices maps, for proximate client devices registered as presentation devices for the coordinated display session, a different portion of visual data for the coordinated display session to respective display screens, and delivers the mapped portions of the visual data to the proximate client devices for presentation by the respective display screens during the coordinated display session. The control device obtains eye movement monitoring feedback from a set of eye tracking devices, the eye movement monitoring feedback characterizing eye movements of a viewing population of the coordinated display session. The control device modifies the session parameters associated with the coordinated display session based on the eye movement monitoring feedback.
Abstract:
In an embodiment, a control device registers proximate client devices to a coordinated display group and obtains display capability information for each registered client device. The control device determines to initiate a coordinated display session for outputting visual data via the coordinated display group. The registered proximate client devices execute a synchronization procedure to obtain synchronization information by which the master application can derive current relative orientation and position data for each registered proximate client device. The control devices maps a different portion of the visual data to respective display screens of the registered proximate client devices based on the display capability information and synchronization information. The control device delivers the mapped portions of the visual data to the registered proximate client devices for presentation thereon.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses for optimizing performance using data from an Internet of Things (IoT) device with analytics engines. The method receives, from a requesting Internet of Things (IoT) device, a request for trend data of physical resource consumption based at least in part on a portion of received data from at least one of a plurality of IoT devices. The method retrieves, from memory of an analytics engine, at least the portion of the received data. The method calculates, in a calculator of the analytics engine, the trend data based on at least the portion of the received data. The method transmits, to the requesting IoT device, the calculated trend data, wherein the requesting IoT device adjusts parameters in an IoT device using the calculated trend data.
Abstract:
A smart Voice Over LTE (VoLTE) application for allowing a wireless mobile device to select an appropriate access technology for establishing a voice call with a target mobile device, based on the capabilities of the target mobile device. Selection on the client side allows interoperability of a VoLTE wireless mobile device on a circuit switched network without requiring use of a gateway between the circuit switched and VoLTE networks. If the target mobile device is only configured for legacy circuit switched network calls, the wireless mobile device need not begin the call connection on the VoLTE network and instead may establish the call on the circuit switched network from the beginning.
Abstract:
The disclosure is directed to hosting a group call at a wireless user device (500B; 600B; 700A). An embodiment receives (520; 810), by the wireless user device, registration information for a plurality of client devices (500A; 500B; 500C; 600A; 600B; 600C; 600D), receives (610; 830), by the wireless user device, a call request for a call among two or more of the plurality of client devices, sets up (620; 710; 840), by the wireless user device, the call among the two or more of the plurality of client devices, receives (670; 850), by the wireless user device, a media stream, and transmits (680; 750; 860), by the wireless user device, the media stream to at least one of the two or more of the plurality of client devices.
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods establish and maintain a plurality of profiles defining different personalities in association with a single user account. Further, apparatus and methods described herein enable a group communication session including receiving a request from an originator to initiate a group communication session, where the request identifies a plurality of participants. Further, these aspects include selecting an originator profile from a plurality of different established originator profiles to be displayed to each of the plurality of participants, where each of the plurality of different established originator profiles is associated with a single user account. Further, in these aspects, a first selected originator profile to be displayed to a first one of the plurality of participants differs from a second selected originator profile to be displayed to a second one of the plurality of participants.
Abstract:
Allow adaptive automatic detail diagnostic log collection for self - diagnosis and auto -recovery. In an embodiment, a group communication server determines that a fault has occurred with a group communication between wireless communication devices. The group communication server determines a set of events to log based on the fault, and instructs components that host the group communication to begin logging a set of events. Upon determining that logging the set of events can no longer be performed, such as due to too high of a load within a component of the group communication, the group communication server adapts the logging by logging a second set of events that will not cause too high a load, and can dynamically when resources become available. In an embodiment, a second event may be logged before a first event because no resources (CPU memory or buffer is in overflow or load is high at a node) are available for logging the first event now. Only after determining that the first event can be logged, the logging begins for the first event.