 
 
   ###*
+   * @param {OT.Connection} connection
+   * @return {boolean}
+  ###
+  isMyConnection: (connection) ->
+
+    { nickname } = JSON.parse connection.data
+
+    return nickname is getNick()
+
+
+  ###*
    * Public access method for all participants. Just because internally the
    * subscribers are cached with `connectionId` instead of `nickname`s of
    * subscribers/publisher, we are first transforming the subscribers and merge



  ###*
   * Check to see if participant with given nickname, and calls the callback
   * with result.
   *



  ###*
   * Parse the username from given connection and add a default subscriber
   * without video to trigger view updates.
   *
   * @param {OT.Connection} connection
   * @return {(undefined|object)}
  ###
  registerDefaultSubscriber: (connection) ->

    { id, data } = connection
    { nickname } = JSON.parse data

    return  if nickname is getNick()

    _subscriber = helper.defaultSubscriber nickname

    @subscribers[id] = _subscriber

    return _subscriber


  ###*
   * Transforms given publisher instance from OpenTok into our own
   * `ParticipantType.Publisher` class instance and it registers it into model's
   * participant property.. It sets the model's stream instance to publisher's
