Patent ID: 9503550
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A device comprising: circuitry for interacting with a user for a first portion of a communication in at least one manner corresponding to a first communication modality in accordance with at least one intimacy setting; circuitry for discerning an attempt for at least one modification to at least one user interaction communication modality of the at least one intimacy setting during the communication; circuitry for verifying if infrastructure is available to accommodate a change of the at least one intimacy setting to a second communication modality responsive at least partly to the circuitry for discerning an attempt for at least one modification, the circuitry for verifying configured to at least partially prevent implementation of a change to the second communication modality if the circuitry for verifying fails to verify that infrastructure is available to accommodate the change, wherein the circuitry for verifying is configured to verify the availability of infrastructure that includes at least network communication infrastructure; and circuitry for interacting with the user for a second portion of the communication, when implementation of the change to the second communication modality is not wholly prevented by the circuitry for verifying, in at least one manner corresponding at least in part to the second communication modality in accordance with the at least one intimacy setting responsive at least partly to the circuitry for discerning an attempt for at least one modification; and wherein the circuitry for interacting with the user for a second portion of the communication is configured to interact with the user for the second portion of the communication without at least full implementation of the change to the second communication modality when implementation of the change to the second communication modality is at least partially prevented by the circuitry for verifying.