Patent ID: 9065927
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: detecting a control signal to invoke an intercom service; determining, at an intercom platform, context information associated with one or more user communication devices among a plurality of user communication devices, wherein the context information specifies information relating to an activity physically engaged in by one or more users who are associated respectively with the one or more user communication devices, wherein the activity occurs independent from the one or more user communication devices; customizing the intercom service for the one or more of the user communication devices based upon the activity; receiving, by the intercom platform, a user input via a portal of one of the user communication devices specifying one or more parameters of the context information, wherein the intercom platform is embedded in the one user communication device; and initiating, by the intercom platform, establishment of an intercom mode of user-device-to-user-device communication session among the plurality of user communication devices based on the context information, wherein the customized intercom service includes one or more communication rendering modes customized for the one or more of the user communication devices physically engaged in the activity.