Patent ID: 9519792
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving discrete audio signals from a plurality of participants of a synchronous communication session, wherein each of the discrete audio signals is associated with one of the plurality of participants; identifying a signal level for each of the discrete audio signals; selecting a dynamic subset of the plurality of participants based on the signal level for each of the discrete audio signals, wherein the dynamic subset of the plurality of participants changes as at least one of the signal levels changes; combining the discrete audio signals to form a composite audio signal; dividing at least a portion of the composite audio signal into a number of a plurality of sequential time slices, wherein the number of the plurality of sequential time slices is based, at least in part, on a length of the composite audio signal, and wherein a length of each of the sequential time slices is based, at least in part, on a predefined level of granularity; processing the plurality of sequential time slices to identify one or more copyright-infringing time slices; associating the one or more copyright-infringing time slices with a copyright infringing participant chosen from the subset of the plurality of participants of the synchronous communication session, wherein the associating includes identifying a correlation between the one or more copyright-infringing time slices and the signal level for each of the discrete audio signals included within each of the copyright-infringing time slices; and performing one or more remedial actions, wherein the one or more remedial actions include at least one of: disconnecting the copyright infringing participant from the synchronous communication session and suspending the copyright infringing participant from a social network.