Patent ID: 9215282
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, executing on one or more computing devices, the method comprising: receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a request to designate verified preferred status of a user; designating verified preferred status by updating a profile of the user to include the verified preferred status; receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a request to couple a first client device to a communication server including a communication session, wherein the request includes user identification information that includes a first identifier of the first client device that sent the request and a second identifier of a user associated with the first client device; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a number of client devices coupled to the communication session; comparing, by the one or more computing devices, the number of client devices coupled to the communication session to a maximum number of client devices to determine whether the maximum number of client devices are coupled to the communication session; when fewer than the maximum number of client devices are coupled to the communication session, coupling, by the one or more computing devices, the first client device to the communication session; when the maximum number of client devices are coupled to the communication session, determining, by the one or more computing devices, whether the user associated with the first client device is a verified preferred user based on at least the user identification information by: when the user is determined to be a verified preferred user and the maximum number of client devices are coupled to the communication session, coupling, by the one or more computing devices, the first client device to the communication session even though the maximum number of client devices are coupled to the communication session, wherein the communication session enables communication between the first client device and one or more additional client devices coupled to the communication session; sending, by the one or more computing devices, a notification to at least one of the one or more additional client devices indicating the request to join; and when the user is determined not to be a verified preferred user, rejecting, by the one or more computing devices, the request to couple the first client device to the communication session.