Patent ID: 9325938
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: initiating, at a computing device having one or more processors, a video chat session with another computing device via a network, the video chat session being initiated in a web browser executing at the computing device; displaying, at the computing device, a video chat window in the web browser in response to initiating the video chat session, the video chat window displaying a video stream received from the other computing device; detecting, at the computing device, a first action by the user indicative of a lack of interaction with the video chat window, the first action including at least one of: in response to detecting the first action, automatically shrinking and repositioning, at the computing device, the video chat window to obtain a modified video chat window; displaying, at the computing device, the modified video chat window in the web browser, the modified video chat window displaying the video stream; detecting, at the computing device, a second action by the user indicative of interaction with the video chat window, the second action including at least one of: in response to detecting the second action, automatically enlarging and repositioning, at the computing device, the modified video chat window to obtain the video chat window.