Patent ID: 8307052
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: calculating a score for one or more communication sessions on a communication device; associating the score with the one or more communication sessions; measuring a performance metric on the communication device, the performance metric indicative of a load on the communication device caused, at least in part, by the one or more communication sessions, wherein the performance metric is based upon, at least in part, one or more of a CPU usage metric, a memory usage metric, a response time, and a delay; and if the performance metric on the communication device falls outside an acceptable value, reducing a number of participants already in at least one of the one or more communication sessions based on the score associated with the at least one of the one or more communication sessions, wherein reducing the number of participants in at least one of the one or more communication sessions includes at least one of: