Patent Document ID: 9369667
Application ID: 13842658
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method of executing a virtual conference among a plurality of nodes, wherein some or all of the plurality of nodes are associated with a plurality of participants in the virtual conference, the method comprising: providing, to each participant, images of the plurality of nodes; receiving an active node selection input from a first participant of the plurality of participants, the active node selection input indicating that a first node of the plurality of nodes that is associated with a second participant is selected by the first participant as an active node for communication; and showing a third participant that the second participant is the active node for the first participant by causing an image of first participant and an image of the second participant to be displayed to the third participant at different image qualities, wherein showing the third participant that the first node is the active node for the first participant is done in response to the third participant's selection of the first participant as its active node.