Patent ID: 8190745
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: joining, by a participant device, a collaboration session among a plurality of participant devices, at least one participant device of the plurality of participant devices operating as a presenter device that shares content within the collaboration session, and at least one participant device of the plurality of participant devices operating as an attendee device that receives content shared within the collaboration session, the content shared within the collaboration session to include lower-priority data and higher-priority data; determining an initial available bandwidth at the participant device for use with the collaboration session; based on the initial available bandwidth and an expected second bandwidth at the participant device for higher-priority data shared within the collaboration session, allocating a first bandwidth at the participant device for lower-priority data shared within the collaboration session; monitoring, during the collaboration session, an actual second bandwidth at the participant device for the higher-priority data shared within the collaboration session; comparing the expected second bandwidth to the monitored actual second bandwidth, and determining therefrom a bandwidth variant; and based on the determined bandwidth variant, adjusting, during the collaboration session, the first bandwidth allocated at the participant device for the lower-priority data shared within the collaboration session to increase the bandwidth allocated at the participant device for the lower-priority data.