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Recipient device presence activity monitoring for a communications session

US11722571B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 2016
Grant dateAug 8, 2023
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Expiry dateMar 4, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L2015/223
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and devices for causing a communications session between a first device and a second device to end based on lack of speech activity are described herein. In some embodiments, a communications between a first device and a second device may be initiated by the first device, where a first user account associated with the first device is authorized to initiate communications session with the second device by a second user account. After the communications session is started, audio data is received by a speech activity detection system, which determines whether the audio data represents speech or non-speech. If, after the communications session begins, non-speech is detected by the first device for more than a predefined amount of time, then the communications session is caused to end so that the first device is not capable of receiving video and/or audio associated with the second device.

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