Abstract: Methods and systems for selecting a remote session audio stream sent to a receiving station from one of a plurality of sending stations are described herein. At least some illustrative embodiments comprise a method that comprises receiving a message comprising audio data at a receiving station (the audio data representing at least part of an audio stream associated with a first remote session established between the receiving station and a first sending station of a plurality of sending stations), and selecting the audio stream and presenting the audio data as audio to a user of the receiving station if the audio stream is enabled.

Abstract: Methods and systems for controlling the flow of data updates between a receiving station and a sending station are described herein. At least some illustrative embodiments comprise a method that comprises determining (by a sending station) whether a trigger event has occurred, and transmitting a data update to a receiving station if the trigger event occurred and if a time elapsed since a transmission time of a previous data update exceeds a minimum threshold time period.