Abstract: One example method for mediating participant interactions during a video webinar meeting includes establishing a video webinar meeting; admitting a host and a plurality of participants to the video webinar meeting; not distributing audio streams from the plurality of participants to other participants in the video webinar meeting; receiving, from a first participant, a first submission to be posed during the video webinar meeting; determining a priority for the first submission based on one or more parameters; and distributing an audio stream associated with the first participant to the host and the remaining plurality of participants based on the priority to enable the first participant to pose the first submission.

Abstract: There is provided a remote conference system that remotely implements a conference using a plurality of operating devices respectively operated by a plurality of participants, and the remote conference system includes a hardware processor that: outputs a first image shared by the plurality of participants to cause the first image to be displayed on each of the plurality of operating devices; determines an output destination on a basis of a state of a requesting device operated by a requester among the plurality of operating devices; and outputs a second image different from the first image to cause the second image to be output from the output destination determined by the hardware processor in a state in which the first image is displayed on the requesting device.

Abstract: An operating room control and communication system is provided. An operating room control system for a medical facility is provided. The system comprises a signal routing unit configured to route signals for devices of the operating room, the signals comprising image data. The signal routing unit comprises a first input configured to receive, from a medical facility source device, input signals comprising image data of a first image resolution. The signal routing unit further comprises a first output configured to send, to a destination device, output signals comprising image data of the first image resolution; and a second output configured to send, to a destination device, output signals comprising image data of a second image resolution lower than the first image resolution.

Abstract: Aspect ratios used to display video streams within a graphical user interface (GUI) of a video conference are dynamically adjusted based on events detected during the video conference. According to one approach, during a video conference between a first device and a second device, a first video stream from the first device and a second video stream from the second device are both displayed within the GUI using an initial aspect ratio. Based on the first video stream, an event corresponding to a change in a number of people participating in the video conference from the first device is determined. Based on the event, an adjusted aspect ratio to use for displaying the first video stream within the GUI is determined. The first video stream is displayed within the GUI using the adjusted aspect ratio while the second video stream remains displayed within the GUI using the initial aspect ratio.

Abstract: A computer-implemented audio/video visitation system for a correctional facility includes an administrator computer device, a visitation services computer system, and a plurality of tablet computer devices accessible by incarcerated inmates inside the correction facility. The administrator computer device is configured, via an administrator interface, to review and edit registered incarcerated inmate information, review and edit registered remote non-incarcerated visitor information, and suspend or allow access to the visitation computer services system to establish video visitation sessions via one of the plurality of tablet computer devices for selected ones of the registered incarcerated inmates.

Abstract: A videoconferencing system receives audio and/or video signals (“AV”), information, and control signals from meeting participants. The videoconferencing system processes and routes the received AV and information, based on the received control signals, to provide AV and information to meeting participants. The videoconferencing system enables participants to know details about breakout room (e.g., what breakout rooms are available, how many people are attending each breakout room, who is attending each breakout room, the topics of the breakout rooms), hear audio, see video, and receive information corresponding breakout rooms that they have not joined, join a breakout room, leave a breakout room, create breakout rooms, invite other participants to join a breakout room, and make a breakout room private.

Abstract: A conference system, including a remote device and a local device, is disclosed. The remote device includes a voice broadcasting element. The local device includes several image capture elements and a processor. When the remote device is communicatively connected through an internet to the local device, several image capture elements obtain a number of people present in a local environment of the local device. The processor, coupled to several image capture elements, generates a voice message according to the number of people present, and the processor transmits the voice message to the remote device, so that the voice broadcasting element of the remote device plays the voice message.

Abstract: One example method of operation may include determining a call received from a calling party and intended for a subscriber device has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call, determining a percentage of calls over a current period of time being filtered as scam calls by a carrier server, when the percentage of calls being filtered as scam calls during the current period of time is above a call threshold percentage, retrieving call history information associated with a subscriber profile of the subscriber device, identifying one or more call patterns from the call history information of the subscriber profile corresponding to the received call, and determining whether to permit the received call based on the identified one or more call patterns.

Abstract: Methods and systems described herein are directed to verifying a caller's identity and/or authorizing a caller's access to an account using a third party designated agent. A caller verification system can register an agent in association with an account holder's user account with an organization. When a caller attempts to access the account holder's user account during a phone call with a representative from the organization, the caller verification system can automatically request that the agent verify the caller's identity. In some implementations, the caller verification system can bridge or conference in the agent to the phone call to allow the agent to verify the caller's identity and indicate to the representative that the caller's identity matches that of the account holder. The caller verification system can also receive verification messages from the agent via text message, email, HTTP request, or other digital means.

Abstract: A call identification system for verifying telephone calls, the system including a processor in communication with a calling device and a user device. The processor transmits a whitelist to the user device. The whitelist comprises telephone numbers having a label. The processor receives an identification attribute associated a call to the user device. The call is delayed until the calling device receives an acknowledgment from the user device. The processor compares the calling telephone number with each telephone number and generates a notification in response to a match. The processor transmits the notification to the user device, causing the user device to change the label associated with the calling telephone number. The processor receives an acknowledgment from the user device of the label changing and transmits the acknowledgment to the calling device, causing the calling device to launch the call to the user device.

Abstract: An inmate telecommunications system, apparatus and method. The system enables muting of the incoming audio of one of the call parties of a cell being monitored. A phone switch isolates the non-muted call channel and sends the audio to the monitoring individual.

Abstract: A method and system for identifying an unwanted caller using a call answering system. The method comprises receiving, by a call records server, information about callers from a plurality of telephony devices and one or more phone number data sources, classifying, by the call records server, one or more of the callers as either wanted or unwanted callers based on the received information, and storing, by the call records server, the received information and the classification of the one or more of the callers into a directory. The method further comprises identifying, by a call answering server, that a call from a given caller from a phone number to a receiving telephony device is from an unwanted caller by searching the directory, and handling, by the call answering server, the call from the given caller according to one or more preferences of the user, the one or more preferences including rejecting the call from the receiving telephony device, playing a recorded message, and disposing of the call.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for enhanced caller identification (ID) is provided. The present invention may include, receiving, by a receiving party device, a call from a calling party device. The present invention may also include, retrieving, by the receiving party device, a previous interaction information corresponding to a previous interaction between a receiving party associated with the receiving party device and a calling party associated with the calling party device. The present invention may further include, in response to the received call from the calling party device, displaying, on the receiving party device, the retrieved previous interaction information corresponding to the previous interaction between the receiving party and the calling party.

Abstract: A method for identifying communicators as wanted or unwanted based on messages from such communicators comprising receiving, by the data processing system, an inbound message from a communicator, comparing, by the data processing system, the inbound message to fingerprints stored in a database accessible to the data processing system, determining, by the data processing system, at least one match to the fingerprints, determining, by the data processing system, an identity of the communicator by determining whether and how likely the communicator is wanted or unwanted based on the at least one match to the fingerprints, and configuring, by the data processing system, handling of calls from the communicator based on the identity.

Abstract: A method, a server, and a non-transitory computer readable medium are disclosed for sharing content. The method includes running, on a server, a video conferencing application, the video conferencing application configured to share audiovisual content between one or more first devices and the server; establishing, on the server, a video conferencing session, the video conferencing session connecting a second device to the server; receiving, on the server, content from the second device; and sharing, by the server, the content received from the second device joining the video conferencing session as a new participant with the one or more first devices on the video conferencing application.

Abstract: The technology described herein includes a method of receiving, by a phone, audio data from an application running on a computing system coupled to the phone; sending the audio data to an audio output device coupled with the phone; and detecting an incoming phone call to the phone and automatically handling the incoming phone call, based at least in part on one or more preferences of a user of the phone, while receiving the audio data from the application and sending the audio data to audio output device.

Abstract: A system and method for providing video conferencing are described herein. Original video streams from one or more cameras are sampled to form downscaled versions of the video stream. The downscaled version is analyzed to find regions of interest and generate metadata describing aspects of the regions of interest, including a region that includes a preferred speaker and the best view of each participant present together in the video conference. Cropping instructions are generated from the metadata, and portions of the original video stream are removed to form a set of presentation views for each participant, including the preferred speaker. The set of presentation views is stitched together to form a composite display for each participant viewing the stream remotely.

Abstract: A computing system and method that can be used for a video conferencing system including a watchdog to ensure that all data associated with the video conference is encrypted from end-to-end. In particular, aspects of the present disclosure provide a secure and private approach to conducting remote meetings. For example, the watchdog can monitor the data associated with the video conference, ranging from call setup data to video image and audio data transmitted from one or more client computing devices. In particular, the present disclosure provides a method for ensuring that the video conference data is protected by using multiple steps and monitoring the video conference data while the video conference is ongoing such that remedial measures can be taken immediately when a breach in security is determined.

Abstract: When an SIP server receives a call signal addressed to a callee side terminal, the SIP server transmits a warning signal to the callee side terminal before transmitting the call signal to the callee side terminal when an international call identifier indicating that the call signal passes through a foreign country is set in the call signal. In addition, when the SIP server receives the call signal addressed to the callee side terminal, the SIP server includes a warning that the caller number is disguised in a warning signal when an international call identifier indicating that the call signal passes through a foreign country is set in the call signal and the caller number of the call signal is a number from a country in which the callee side terminal is located.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for providing mobile call authentication. For instance, a token indicative of a call request can be received from a calling party. The token can include a called party number and a time of the request. A subscriber database can be accessed to determine identifying information associated with the calling party based at least in part on the token. The token can be authenticated based at least in part on the identifying information and using one or more predefined authentication protocols. The token can be stored in a call session registry storing data indicative of a plurality of active telephone call events. A verification request for the call request can be received from the called party. The call request can be verified based at least in part on the token. The called party can be notified that the call request has been verified.