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Instantaneous call sessions over a communications application

US10609093B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

FACEBOOK, INC. · US

Inventors

Stephane Taine · Issaquah, US
Edward Young Zhang · New York, US
Dwayne B. Mercredi · Kirkland, US
Michael Leggett · Tallahassee, US
Brendan Benjamin Aronoff · San Francisco, US
Peter Henry Martinazzi · San Francisco, US
Evan Patrick Noon · Seattle, US
Duckjin Kang · Issaquah, US
John Randall Ehrhardt · Newcastle, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 6, 2016
Grant date	Mar 31, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L69/24
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes determining an occurrence of a trigger event; sending a notification to the caller-user; receiving a request from the caller-user to initiate the call session; establishing the call session to enable a media stream of the caller-user to be received by the callee-user; and sending the media stream to the callee-user.

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