Method and system for making context based announcements during a communication session
A method, system, device to play context-based announcement to specific participants during an active communication session. The method includes receiving a context-based announcement for a participant while the participant is in the active communication session. The method also includes monitoring the communication session, to determine a time when the context-based announcement should be played to the participant. The method further includes playing the context-based announcement to the participant at the determined time. The method may also include displaying to the participant a visual alert associated with the context-based announcement, the visual alert may include controls that allows the participant to select when the announcement is played.
1. A system comprising:
a microprocessor; and
a computer readable medium, coupled with the microprocessor and comprising microprocessor readable and executable instructions that program the microprocessor to:
receive a context-based announcement intended for at least one participant of a communication session, wherein the context-based announcement is from a user that is not a participant of the communication session;
generate a virtual participant to be added to the communication session;
monitor the communication session, to determine a time to play the context-based announcement to the intended at least one participant based on a determined context of the communication session, wherein the context-based announcement is played without instruction from a participant; and
play, via the generated virtual participant, the context-based announcement to the intended at least one participant at the determined time.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the context-based announcement is played on an audio whisper channel only audible to the intended at least one participant associated with the context-based announcement.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication session comprises an audio communication session.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication session comprises a video conferencing communication session.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the context-based announcement comprises an emergency notification, and wherein the emergency notification is played immediately.
6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that program the microprocessor to:
monitor the communication session to determine when there is no active speaker speaking in the communication session; and
play the context-based announcement when there is no active speaker speaking in the communication session.
7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that program the microprocessor to:
transfer a visual alert associated with the context-based announcement to the intended at least one participant; and
allow each of the intended at least one participant to select whether or not to play the context-based announcement.
8. A method to play a context-based announcement in a communication session, the method comprising:
during the communication session, receiving the context-based announcement intended for at least one participant of the communication session, wherein the context-based announcement is from a user that is not a participant of the communication session;
generating a virtual participant to be added to the communication session;
monitoring the communication session, to determine a time to play the context-based announcement to the intended at least one participant based on a determined context of the communication session, wherein the context-based announcement is played without instruction from a participant; and
playing, via the generated virtual participant, the context-based announcement to the intended at least one participant at the determined time.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the context-based announcement is played on an audio whisper channel only audible to the intended at least one participant associated with the context-based announcement.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the communication session comprises an audio communication session.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the communication session comprises a video conferencing communication session.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the context-based announcement comprises an emergency notification, and wherein the emergency notification is played immediately.
13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
monitoring the communication session to determine when there is no active speaker speaking in the communication session; and
playing the context-based announcement to the intended at least one participant when there is no active speaker speaking in the communication session.
14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
transferring a visual alert associated with the context-based announcement to the intended at least one participant associated with the context-based announcement; and
allowing each of the intended at least one participant to select whether or not to immediately play the context-based announcement.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions, the processor-executable instructions comprising:
instructions configured to receive a context-based announcement intended for at least one participant of an active communication session, wherein the context-based announcement is from a user that is not a participant of the active communication session;
instructions configured to generate a virtual participant to be added to the active communication session;
instructions configured to monitor the active communication session, to determine a time to play the context-based announcement to the intended at least one participant based on a determined context of the active communication session, wherein the context-based announcement is played without instruction from a participant; and
instructions configured to play, via the generated virtual participant, the context-based announcement to the intended at least one participant at the determined time.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the processor-executable instructions further comprising:
instructions configured to play the context-based announcement to the intended at least one participant on an audio whisper channel only audible to the intended at least one participant associated with the context-based announcement.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the processor-executable instructions further comprising:
instructions configured to determine that the context-based announcement is an emergency notification; and
instructions configured to immediately play the emergency notification.