Gary E Mccoy

US Patent:

20170374187, Dec 28, 2017

Filed:

Oct 22, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/331851

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Vikram Khandpur - Kirkland WA, US
Eliana Miriam Feigelstock - Seattle WA, US
Gary T. McCoy - Oakland CA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04M 1/725
H04M 1/60

Abstract:

A peripheral device for use with a user terminal, the peripheral device comprising: a non-graphical actuator operable to be actuated by a user; an interface for connecting to the user terminal; and control logic for interfacing with the user terminal in order to control a communication client application running on the user terminal, and to thereby control a voice or video call that is conducted over a packet-based network from the user terminal using the communication client application. The control logic is configured such that the control of the call comprises performing a function in relation to the call in response to actuation of said hardware actuator by the user, and furthermore that the function of the actuation of the actuator is dependent on a current status of the call.