IP Library Granted Patent US 11,064,071
Granted Patent B1
US 11,064,071 · App. 17/003,891 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Complex computing network for generating and handling a waitlist associated with a speaker in an audio conversation on a mobile application

Inventors: Sergey Frolovichev (London, GB); Artur Nugumanov (Los Angeles, CA); Andrey Ogandzhanyants (London, GB)
Assignee: Stereo App Limited
H04M3/4288H04M3/561H04M3/565H04M3/567
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Patent No.
US 11,064,071
App. No.
17/003,891
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for generating and handling a waitlist during an audio conversation on a mobile application. For example, a method comprises: receiving a request from a first user, listening to a first audio conversation involving a second user and a third user, to join a waitlist associated with the second user or the first audio conversation; adding the first user to the waitlist associated with the second user or the first audio conversation; enabling the second user to view the waitlist; and initiating a second audio conversation between the second user and a user on the waitlist upon termination of the first audio conversation.

Claims (50)

1. A method for handling waitlists associated with users during audio conversations, the method comprising:

determining a first user accesses a mobile application on a first mobile device of the first user;

broadcasting, on the mobile application, to the first user, a first audio conversation involving a second user and a third user, wherein the second user accesses the mobile application on a second mobile device of the second user, and wherein the third user accesses the mobile application on a third mobile device of the third user;

receiving a request from the first user, listening to the first audio conversation involving the second user and the third user, to join a waitlist associated with the second user or the first audio conversation;

adding the first user to the waitlist associated with the second user or the first audio conversation;

enabling the second user to view the waitlist; and

initiating a second audio conversation between the second user and a next user on the waitlist upon termination of the first audio conversation.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating the waitlist associated with the second user or the first audio conversation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of a first visual representation of the second user not comprising a first photographic or video image of the second user, or a second visual representation of the third user not comprising a second photographic or video image of the third user, is displayed on a user interface, associated with the mobile application, of the first mobile device of the first user during the broadcasting of the audio conversation involving the second user and the third user.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein at least a portion of the first visual representation of the second user dynamically changes form, in substantially real-time, when the second user speaks during the audio conversation, and wherein the at least the portion of the first visual representation of the second user remains substantially static when the second user does not speak during the audio conversation.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first visual representation comprises at least one of an avatar, an emoji, a symbol, a persona, an animation, a cartoon, an indicia, an illustration, a histogram, or a graph.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein user information associated with one or more users on the waitlist is viewable to the second user.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein information associated with the waitlist is not viewable to a fourth user listening to the first audio conversation on a fourth mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information comprises a number of users on the waitlist or user information associated with one or more users on the waitlist.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein information associated with the waitlist is viewable to a fourth user listening to the first audio conversation.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein an audio message from the first user is received by the second user during the first audio conversation such that the audio message is playable by the second user during the first audio conversation.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second audio conversation is automatically initiated upon the termination of the first audio conversation, or wherein the second audio conversation is initiated upon receiving approval from the second user to initiate the second audio conversation.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second user can modify the waitlist such that the second user can delete a fourth user from the waitlist or add a fifth user to the waitlist.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the next user on the waitlist is the first user.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first user executed a computing operation on the mobile application to become the next user.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein an indicator is provided to the second user indicating that the first user executed a computing operation.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the indicator is provided in the waitlist such that the indicator is viewable by the second user.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein a fourth user executed a computing operation on the mobile application to obtain a higher position in the waitlist compared to a current position of the fourth user in the waitlist.

18. An apparatus for handling waitlists associated with users during audio conversations, the apparatus comprising:

one or more computing device processors;

one or more memory systems comprising code, executable by the one or more computing device processors, and configured to:

determine a first user accesses a mobile application on a first mobile device of the first user;

broadcast, on the mobile application, to the first user, a first audio conversation involving a second user and a third user, wherein the second user accesses the mobile application on a second mobile device of the second user, and wherein the third user accesses the mobile application on a third mobile device of the third user;

receive a request from the first user, listening to the first audio conversation involving the second user and the third user, to join a waitlist associated with at least one of the second user, the third user, or the first audio conversation;

add the first user to the waitlist associated with the at least one of the second user, the third user, or the first audio conversation;

enable at least one of the second user or the third user to view the waitlist; and

initiate a second audio conversation between or among the at least one of the second user or the third user, and a user on the waitlist, upon termination of the first audio conversation.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the apparatus comprises at least one of an application server, the first mobile device, the second mobile device, or the third mobile device.

20. A method for handling waitlists associated with users during audio conversations, the method comprising:

determining a first user accesses a mobile application on a first mobile device of the first user;

broadcasting, on the mobile application, to the first user, a first audio conversation involving a second user and a third user, wherein the second user accesses the mobile application on a second mobile device of the second user, and wherein the third user accesses the mobile application on a third mobile device of the third user;

receiving a request from the first user, listening to the first audio conversation involving the second user and the third user, to join a waitlist associated with at least one of the second user, the third user, or the first audio conversation;

adding the first user to the waitlist associated with the at least one of the second user, the third user, or the first audio conversation;

enabling at least one of the second user or the third user to view the waitlist; and

initiating a second audio conversation between or among the at least one of the second user or the third user, and a user on the waitlist, upon termination of the first audio conversation.

21. The method of claim 20 , wherein the user on the waitlist is selected by the second user.

22. The method of claim 20 , wherein the user on the waitlist is the first user.

23. The method of claim 20 , wherein the user on the waitlist comprises a top-most user on the waitlist.

24. The method of claim 20 , wherein the waitlist comprises a fourth user.

25. The method of claim 24 , wherein the fourth user is presented with an option to drop off from the waitlist.

26. The method of claim 24 , wherein the fourth user is deleted from the waitlist in response to the fourth user initiating a third audio conversation with a fifth user on the mobile application.

27. The method of claim 24 , wherein the fourth user is presented with an estimated waiting time to initiate a third audio conversation with the at least one of the second user or the third user.

28. The method of claim 27 , wherein the estimated waiting time is based on a conversation history, on the mobile application, of the at least one of the second user or the third user during a period.

29. The method of claim 28 , wherein the conversation history comprises a conversation duration associated with one or more previous conversations.

30. The method of claim 20 , wherein the first audio conversation is terminated by at least one of the mobile application, the second user, or the third user.

Assignments (3)
CONFIRMATORY PATENT ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 17, 2025
From: STEREO APP LIMITED
To: RIZZ IP LTD
Reel/Frame 072039/0225 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2021
From: OGANDZHANYANTS, ANDREY
To: STEREO APP LIMITED
Reel/Frame 055315/0967 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2020
From: NUGUMANOV, ARTUR; FROLOVICHEV, SERGEY
To: STEREO APP LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053620/0565 →
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