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Method and system for integrating real time communication features in applications

US9083770B1 · kind B1 · utility

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32References

16Claims

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Assignee

Snapchat, Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael Dröse · Bärnau, DE
Tadeusz Kozak · Chatswood, AU
Kavan Antony Seggie · London, GB
Dmitry Sobinov · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 2014
Grant date	Jul 14, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 7, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/1074
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer has a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to receive a real time communication request from a client device and perform an evaluation of the number of client devices associated with the real time communication request. The evaluation results in the coordination of peer-to-peer communications in the event of two client devices and an attempt to host a real time communication session using a first protocol in the event of three or more client devices. A second protocol for the real time communication session is invoked in the event that the attempt to host the real time communication session using the first protocol is unsuccessful.

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