Patent ID: 8300638

Claim:
A device comprising: a network resource controller to preempt at least one multiple-user session over a primary modality of communication according to a precedence-level associated with users of the multiple-user session, where the network resource controller, responsive to the preemption of the multi-user session, is configured to switch the multiple-user session to an alternate modality of communication without disconnection of the multiple-user session, where the network resource controller is configured to monitor an availability of network resources capable of supporting multiple-user sessions over the primary modality of communication after switching the multiple-user session to the alternate modality of communication, and where the network resource controller is configured to automatically switch the multiple-user session back to the primary modality of communication from the alternate modality of communication when the network resource controller determines the network resources are available to support the multiple-user session responsive to the monitored availability of the network resources.