Patent ID: 8571189
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: obtaining, at a server which manages communication sessions, source data for a communication session, the source data having an audio portion and a non-audio portion; determining if the audio portion and non-audio portion are merged; splitting, at the server, in response to determining that the audio portion and non-audio portion are merged, the audio portion from the non-audio portion; determining, at the server, if a first set and a second set of one or more recipient devices are connected to a data channel and a phone channel; providing, in response to determining that the first set and the second set of one or more recipient devices are connected to the phone channel, the audio portion of the communication session from the server to the first and the second set of one or more recipient devices over the phone channel; and providing, in response to determining that the second set of one or more recipient devices is connected to the data channel, and determining that the first set of one or more recipient devices is not connected to the data channel, the non-audio portion of the communication session from the server to the second set of recipient devices over the data channel, wherein the second set of one or more recipient devices is configured to merge the audio portion from the phone channel and the non-audio portion from the data channel.