Patent ID: 11929842
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A method for managing delivery of a content stream to a plurality of devices participating in an online conference session, the method comprising:
delivering, to each of the devices, a portion of a sending device's the content stream associated with the online conference session at a first signal quality;
receiving an indication signal indicating that a first device of the plurality of devices is to broadcast the portion of the sending device's content stream to at least one device not participating in the online conference session;
responsive to the indication signal, increasing a signal quality of the portion of the sending device's content stream delivered to the first device from the first signal quality to a second signal quality, wherein the second signal quality is higher than the first signal quality;
delivering the portion of the sending device's content stream to the first device at the second signal quality; and
delivering the portion of the sending device's content stream to rest of the devices of the plurality of devices at the first signal quality or a third signal quality, wherein the third signal quality is lower than the first signal quality.