Abstract: The disclosed system implements techniques to identify activity in which attendees to a communication session likely have a greater interest. Prior to commencement of a communication session or during the communication session, the techniques enable a list of attendees to a communication session to be designated as a group for which detected activity has a priority with respect to being displayed. The designated list of attendees is a subset of a total number of attendees to the communication session. The system monitors streams associated with individual attendees on the list to detect an occurrence of a preset target event. The system configures a portion of a graphical user interface of the communication session to accentuate the stream that includes the occurrence of the preset target event.

Abstract: Described herein is a system configured to determine when burst activity (e.g., an activity hotspot) occurs in a conference session, and to associate the burst activity with a speaker that is speaking at a time when the burst activity occurs. Burst activity occurs when a threshold number of notable events (e.g., five, ten, fifty, one hundred, one thousand, etc.) occur within a threshold time period (e.g., ten seconds, thirty seconds, one minute, etc.). In various examples, the thresholds can be established relative to a number of participants in a conference session and/or a duration of a conference session (e.g., a scheduled duration). The system can then communicate data indicating that a threshold number of events occurred while an individual speaker is speaking.

Abstract: The disclosed system generates a customized layout based on an analysis of characteristics of graphical items to be displayed. The graphical items can include user interface (UI) control elements (e.g., buttons, a menu, menu options, etc.) streamed content (e.g., video feeds), file content of different types (e.g., text, images, etc.), or other items that can be displayed to a user. The system can analyze preferred characteristics that are based on previously selected graphical items and previously used layouts. The system can then configure a customized layout that includes one or more display areas. Each display area contains at least one graphical item. The preferred characteristics can be used to automatically select graphical items that have a characteristic that correlates with a characteristic of a previously selected graphical item. The customized layout can then be presented to a user.

Abstract: The disclosed system implements techniques to identify activity in which attendees to a communication session likely have a greater interest. Prior to commencement of a communication session or during the communication session, the techniques enable a list of attendees to a communication session to be designated as a group for which detected activity has a priority with respect to being displayed. The designated list of attendees is a subset of a total number of attendees to the communication session. The system monitors streams associated with individual attendees on the list to detect an occurrence of a preset target event. The system configures a portion of a graphical user interface of the communication session to accentuate the stream that includes the occurrence of the preset target event.

Abstract: Described herein is a system configured to determine when burst activity (e.g., an activity hotspot) occurs in a conference session, and to associate the burst activity with a speaker that is speaking at a time when the burst activity occurs. Burst activity occurs when a threshold number of notable events (e.g., five, ten, fifty, one hundred, one thousand, etc.) occur within a threshold time period (e.g., ten seconds, thirty seconds, one minute, etc.). In various examples, the thresholds can be established relative to a number of participants in a conference session and/or a duration of a conference session (e.g., a scheduled duration). The system can then communicate data indicating that a threshold number of events occurred while an individual speaker is speaking.

Abstract: Described herein is a system configured to generate and/or display a transcript associated with a conference session. The transcript can include text reflecting words spoken during the conference session and markers that describe activity that occurs in the conference session. The transcript can be used to determine an activity hotspot (e.g., bursts of activity) so that a user can efficiently and effectively locate a time in the conference session where engagement among participants is strongest. For example, via the transcript, a user can locate a moment when a general audience sentiment was “happy” or the audience generally “liked” what was spoken or what was presented during a conference session.

Abstract: Presentation devices and establishment of communications sessions by presentation devices. Embodiments include verification that a client device has access to an authentication token that is published by a presentation device. Embodiments also include the presentation device receiving a coordinate provided by the client system, which is usable by the presentation device for establishing a connection to a particular communications session at the communications provider. Embodiments also include, based at least on the client system having access to the published authentication token, the presentation device using the coordinate to establish the connection to the particular communications session at the communications provider.