Patent ID: 8803940

Claim:
A device comprising: input components to receive multiple input video streams, from different first external devices, the input video streams including: video content of a user captured at a first communication device for a multi-party video telecommunication session, established by a service provider, with a second communication device, and multimedia content received from a content provider independently of the video telecommunication session established by the service provider; a first processor to: detect an event at the second communication device during the video telecommunication session, independently of receiving the multimedia content front the content provider, determine a display layout in accordance with the event, and set the display layout as a current layout during the video telecommunication session; a second processor to: combine, during the video telecommunication session, the video content and at least one other of the multiple input video streams into a first output stream in accordance with the current layout; and combine during the video telecommunication session, the multimedia content and at least one other of the multiple input video streams into a first output stream, wherein the first output stream and the second output stream differ; output components to transmit the first output stream to second external devices associated with the second communication device for display in the current layout during the video telecommunication session; and a network interface to transmit the second output stream, via a network, to the first communication device during the video telecommunication session.