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Instantaneous call sessions over a communications application

US10652285B2 · 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	Oct 18, 2016
Grant date	May 12, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 28, 2036

Classification

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

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes sending an availability-notification a caller-user in response to an occurrence of a trigger event; establishing a call session to enable a media stream comprising media of the caller-user that is of a first type to be received by a callee-user; sending the media of the first media type to the callee-user; re-establishing the call session to enable a media stream comprising media of the callee-user that is of a second media type to be received by the caller-user; and sending the media of the second media type to the caller-user.

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