Patent ID: 8416715
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N,H04S

Abstract:
1. Computer readable storage media having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising: connecting a computing device of a user to a plurality of participants participating in a video conference; displaying video images of the plurality of participants on a graphic user interface on a display of the computing device of the user; receiving user interest information determined by tracking a gaze of the user viewing the display to determine a video image of a particular participant of the plurality of participants that eyes of the user are focused on; receiving participant interest information from the plurality of participants indicating which participants each of the plurality of participants are looking at; determining from the user interest information and the participant interest information a subset of one or more participants of the plurality of participants for inclusion in a conversation group with the user, the conversation group comprising the subset of participants determined to be participating in or listening to a particular conversation of multiple conversations; displaying a panoramic view of a table including the interest information and personal information for each of the plurality of participants on the display of the computing device of the user; and increasing audio gain for audio received from the subset of participants included in the conversation group with the user for providing the audio with increased audio gain to the user.