Patent ID: 11909787
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A computing system comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories having stored therein instructions that, upon execution by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform computing operations comprising:
hosting, by a conferencing service, a videoconference among a plurality of participants, wherein the plurality of participants comprise Internet Protocol (IP)-connected participants and a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)-connected participant, wherein the IP-connected participants are connected to the videoconference via IP-based connections, wherein the IP-connected participants send and receive audio content of the videoconference and video content of the videoconference via the IP-based connections, wherein the PSTN-connected participant is connected to the videoconference via a PSTN connection, wherein the PSTN-connected participant sends and receives the audio content of the videoconference via the PSTN connection;
monitoring, by the conferencing service, the videoconference to detect one or more video status change events within the videoconference;
detecting, by the conferencing service, that a first video status change event of the one or more video status change events occurs within the videoconference;
selecting, by the conferencing service, based on the first video status change event, an image corresponding to a portion of the video content of the videoconference for transmission to a first device associated with the PSTN-connected participant; and
transmitting, by the conferencing service, the image to the first device.