Patent ID: 8630208
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: establishing, by a host device, a real-time communication session between a plurality of communication devices; sending, by the host device to a first communication device of the plurality of communication devices, a test audio signal to be output by the first communication device; receiving, by the host device, one or more audio signals output by a second communication device of the plurality of communication devices; detecting at least one sound in the one or more audio signals output by the second communication device, wherein the at least one sound is associated with the test audio signal; detecting a muting condition between the first communication device and the second communication device based at least in part on detecting the at least one sound associated with the test audio signal, wherein the muting condition is associated with a susceptibility of audio feedback between the first communication device and the second communication device during the real-time communication session; determining, by the host device, based at least in part on the muting condition, that 1) the first communication device will not receive the one or more audio signals output by the second communication device during the real-time communication session, and 2) the second communication device will not receive one or more audio signals output by the first communication device during the real-time communication session; responsive to detecting the muting condition: