Abstract: One example method for sharing content across videoconferencing sub-meetings includes establishing a videoconferencing session including a main meeting and a first sub-meeting, transmitting, from a first client, a content to be displayed over a data stream in the main meeting, transmitting, from a second client, a request to subscribe to the data stream over which the content is transmitted, and responsive to the request to subscribe to the data stream, receiving the content to be displayed in the first sub-meeting simultaneously with the content displayed in the main meeting.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing spotlight cards within a chat channel are provided. In an aspect, a method includes establishing, by a video conference provider, a first chat channel for exchanging chat messages between a plurality of client devices and receiving, by the video conference provider, an indication to generate a first spotlight card within the first chat channel, wherein the indication identifies spotlight content from a first resource external to the first chat channel. The method also includes generating, by the video conference provider, the first spotlight card identifying the spotlight content and transmitting, by the video conference provider to one or more of the client devices connected to the first chat channel, the first spotlight card for display within a spotlight panel within the first chat channel, the spotlight panel positioned proximate to a chat messaging panel including chat messages posted to the chat channel.

Abstract: Automatic spotlighting of participant video feeds in a video conference are based on one or more triggers detected in the participant video feeds. Participant video feeds are added to a spotlight video queue. The participant video feeds are elevated to an active spotlight status based on certain criteria. The participant video feeds that are elevated to the active spotlight status are displayed adjacent to a host video feed on a display.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for automatic control of gain in audio and video conferencing applications to maintain a predetermined and stable audio level. In one embodiment, a first stage applies a first stage gain based on a long-term estimate of signal level, while a second stage gain, based on a short-term estimate of signal level assists the first stage gain to achieve a target level. Some embodiments of long-term level estimation utilize statistical analysis of a buffer to validate or arrive at a more accurate long-term signal level estimate.

Abstract: A software platform includes emergency event processing functionality for detecting and mapping emergency event occurrences. The emergency event processing includes call path processing for concurrently routing an emergency call from a device registered with the software platform for a customer thereof to a public safety access point and to a monitoring device of the customer. The concurrent routing enables an operator of the monitoring device to join the emergency call, for example, by monitoring the call to determine how to notify other operators of the customer of the subject emergency event or by participating in the call to assist in the emergency event response. The concurrent routing may further automate, and therefore expedite, the signaling of an emergency event to others at the location of the emergency event, such as to prevent further risk of harm.

Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus, method(s), system(s) and computer program product(s) described herein are directed to a Folder Engine. The Folder Engine detects a hover action initiated by a recipient user account proximate to a folder created by the recipient user account. Based on detecting the hover action, the Folder Engine displays one or more notifications that correspond to one or more online chats selected by the recipient user account to be organized in the folder. The Folder Engine receives a selection from the recipient user account of a first notification that corresponds to a first online chat within the folder. Based on the selection of the first notification, the Folder Engine initiates access of the first online chat by the recipient user account.

Abstract: A system includes a customer network and a telephony server. The customer network is associated with an independent carrier (IC), a native carrier, or both. The customer network includes a call manager, a telephone gateway, an internet gateway, a first device associated with the IC, and a second device associated with the native carrier. The first device communicates with the telephone gateway via the call manager. The second device communicates with the internet gateway. The telephony server is associated with the native carrier. The telephony server supports traffic from the first device and the second device. The telephony server includes a PBX and a session border controller (SBC). The SBC communicates with the telephone gateway via a session initiation protocol (SIP) trunk.

Abstract: Multi-factor authentication techniques are used to verify an identity of an audio-only caller requesting to join a video-enabled virtual meeting. A request for an audio-only caller to join a video-enabled virtual meeting is received from a phone device of the audio-only caller, in which the audio-only caller is using the phone device to call into the video-enabled virtual meeting. An authentication request is transmitted to the phone device to verify an identity of the audio-only caller. A response to the authentication request is received from the phone device and includes an authentication code generated based on the request for the audio-only caller to join the video-enabled virtual meeting. The identity of the audio-only caller is then verified using the authentication code and information associated with the phone device, and the request for the audio-only caller to join the video-enabled virtual meeting is allowed or denied based on the verification.

Abstract: A source device provides, during a conference, shared data from the source device participating in the conference to one or more destination devices participating in the conference. The source device receives a representation of a download progress of the shared data at the one or more destination devices. A presenter device prompts a user of the presenter device to select a presentation time of the shared data based on the download progress. The presenter device is the source device or one of the one or more destination devices.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media provide for the intelligent configuration of endpoint devices for video conferencing. First, the system identifies a plurality of endpoint devices within a room which are communicatively connected. The system then determines a quantity of the endpoint devices. For each of the endpoint devices, the system performs one or more diagnostic operations to receive diagnostic output from the endpoint device, determines a location and an orientation of the endpoint device within the room using the received diagnostic output, and determines whether the diagnostic output meets or exceeds a threshold for output quality. Finally, the system processes the diagnostic outputs of the endpoint devices to determine an optimal settings configuration for each of the endpoint devices. The optimal settings configuration is dependent on at least the quantity, location, orientation, and output quality of the endpoint devices.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for generating echo recordings. The system receives, by an autoencoder, an audio signal representation that represents an audio signal and a target echo embedding that comprises information about a target room. The autoencoder comprises an encoder and a decoder. The system generates, by the encoder, a content embedding and an estimated echo embedding. The system generates, by the decoder, an echo recording representation based on the content embedding and the target echo embedding.

Abstract: Methods and systems provide for the ability to display reactions within a video communication session. First, the system displays, for each of a number of participants within a video communication session, a user interface (UI), with the UI including a reactions session with a variety of selectable visual reactions, a number of participant windows corresponding to participants, and videos of at least a subset of the participants which are displayed within the participant windows. The system receives a selection of a reaction via a video client device connected to the video communication session, where the client device is associated with one of the participants. The system then displays the selected reaction within the UI of at least one of the participants within the corresponding participant windows for a predetermined period of time. Aggregate reactions may be displayed when a number of participants select the same reaction.

Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus, method(s), system(s) and computer program product(s) described herein are directed to pairing a computer device, via a client application running on the computer device, with a meeting room application of a communication platform. The meeting room application is associated with an identified physical meeting space that has a designated meeting controller device. The meeting controller device has one or more virtual meeting controls that generate control input. The client application running on the paired computer device receives a selection to launch a meeting controller application at the paired computer device. The launched controller application running at the paired computer device send control input for an instance of a virtual meeting presented by the meeting room application for the identified physical meeting space.

Abstract: One example method includes receiving identification information associated with a new user device, the new user device associated with the user; accessing a signature chain associated with the user, the signature chain comprising one or more sequential records; associating user personal information with the new user device; generating a cryptographic signature based on cryptographic keys associated with the new user device; generating an obfuscated representation of the user personal information; generating a record comprising the identification information, the user personal information, the cryptographic signature, and the obfuscated representation of the user personal information; generating a cryptographic identifier based on the identification information, the cryptographic signature, the obfuscated representation of the user personal information, and a latest of the one or more sequential records; inserting the cryptographic identifier into the record; appending the record to the signature chain as a s

Abstract: User interface (UI) tiles of conference participants are arranged in a UI of conferencing software according to relative locations of those conference participants within a conference room. Positional information and video data are obtained from one or more video capture devices located within a conference room. Relative locations of conference participants within the conference room are determined based on the positional information, such as by defining coordinates for the conference participants within a coordinate system based on the positional information and the video data and determining the relative locations based on the coordinates. Output configured to cause a client application to arrange UI tiles associated with the conference participants is generated according to the relative locations. The output is then transmitted to one or more client devices to cause a UI of conferencing software at each of those client devices to display the UI tiles in the specified arrangement.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for a frontend capture module of a video conferencing application, which can modify an input signal, received from a microphone device to match predetermined signal characteristics, such as voice signal level and expected noise floor. An Input stage, a suppression module and an output stage amplify the voice signal portion of the input signal and suppress the noise signal of input signal to predetermined ranges. The input stage selectively applies gains defined by a gain table, based on signal level of the input signal. The suppression module selectively applies a suppression gain to the input signal based on presence or absence of voice signal in the input signal. The output stage further amplifies the input signal in portions having a voice signal and applies a gain table to maintain a consistent noise floor.

Abstract: A voice message (VM) received from a phone number is associated with a shared VM inbox that is accessible to a group of users. The group of users includes a first user and a second user. The VM is assigned to the first user. The first user is determined not to have responded to the VM within a predefined response time. Responsive to the determination that the first user did not respond to the VM within the predefined response time, the VM is reassigned to the second user; a callback action associated with the VM is enabled for the second user; and the callback action is disabled for the first user. A status associated with the VM is updated based on performance of the callback action.

Abstract: A server or an on-premises computing node accesses a message and a destination tag indicating one or more client devices participating in a conference to receive the message. The server or the on-premises computing node determines a configuration for the message based on a source of the message. The server or the on-premises computing node transmits the message to the one or more client devices indicated in the destination tag to configure the one or more client devices to display the message according to the configuration within a display region associated with the conference.

Abstract: Methods and systems provide for preventing content capture within a communication session. In one embodiment, a method maintains a communication session with a number of participants, where session content is presented during the communication session to the participants, and where participants can request the session content to be captured for later access. The system receives or identifies one or more signals for capture prevention to be initiated for at least a portion of the session content. The system further receives, in real time during the communication session, a request from one of the participants for a current portion of session content to be captured. The system then determines, via processing of the one or more signals, that the current portion of session content is to be prevented from capture, and then prevents the current portion of session content from being captured.