Patent ID: 8723915

Claim:
A communication system, comprising: a plurality of video chat capable (VCC) information handling systems (IHSs) in a video chat session, each VCC IHS being responsive to a respective user, each VCC IHS including a respective gaze direction detector, wherein the VCC IHSs transmit user audio information and user video images to one another, wherein each VCC IHS displays respective video images of the users of the other VCC IHSs in the video chat session, wherein each VCC IHS also displays a user video image of the user of that VCC IHS; a particular VCC IHS of the plurality of VCC IHSs including: an audio detector that detects audio from a user of the particular VCC IHS, thus designating a speaker participant; a gaze direction detector that determines the particular user video image at which the speaker participant is currently gazing, thus designating a target participant, other users being designated as passive participants; a processor that transmits speaker participant identification (ID) information and target participant identification (ID) information to other VCC IHSs in the video chat session; a particular display that displays the user video image of the target participant at which the speaker participant is gazing as determined by the gaze direction detector, the particular display also displaying the user video image of the speaker participant and user video images of passive participants, wherein the particular display displays a speaking participant indicator to visually indicate the speaking participant and a target participant indicator to visually indicate the target participant as determined by the gaze of the speaking participant; another VCC IHS of the plurality of VCC IHSs including: a processor that receives the speaker participant (ID) information and target participant (ID) information; and another display that displays the speaking participant indicator in response to receiving the speaker participant (ID) information to indicate the speaking participant to a user of the another VCC IHS, and that displays the target participant indicator in response to the receiving the target ID information to indicate the target participant to the user of the another IHS as determined by the gaze of the speaking participant, the another display further displaying other user video images as passive participants.