Complex computing network for enabling substantially instantaneous switching between conversation mode and listening mode on a mobile application

1. A method for enabling substantially instantaneous switching between conversation mode and listening mode on a mobile application, the method comprising:

determining, using one or more computing device processors, a first user accesses a mobile application on a first mobile device of the first user;

enabling, using the one or more computing device processors, the first user to select a conversation mode option or a listening mode option on the mobile application, wherein the conversation mode option and the listening mode option are presented simultaneously on a user interface of the mobile application on the first mobile device of the first user, wherein the first user cannot simultaneously select both the conversation mode option and the listening mode option;

in response to the first user selecting the conversation mode option, modifying, using the one or more computing device processors, a first image of the conversation mode option, and determining, using the one or more computing device processors, a second user for conversing with the first user, wherein the second user accesses the mobile application on a second mobile device of the second user, or in response to the first user selecting the listening mode option, modifying, using the one or more computing device processors, a second image of the listening mode option, and determining, using the one or more computing device processors, a first audio conversation involving a third user for broadcasting to the first user on the mobile application, wherein the third user accesses the mobile application on a third mobile device of the third user; and

in response to selecting, using the one or more computing device processors, the listening mode option, a first visual representation of the third user not comprising a first photographic or video image of the third user, is displayed on the user interface, associated with the mobile application, on the first mobile device of the first user during the broadcasting of the first audio conversation involving the third user,

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.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in response to selecting the conversation mode option, a first visual representation of the second user not comprising a first photographic or video image of the second user is displayed on the user interface, associated with the mobile application, on the first mobile device of the first user during a second audio conversation between the first user and the second user.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the first visual representation of the third user dynamically changes form, in substantially real-time, when the third user speaks during the first audio conversation, and wherein the at least the portion of the first visual representation of the third user remains substantially static when the third user does not speak during the first audio conversation.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first visual representation comprises a facial representation.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least the portion of the first visual representation comprises a lip or a mouth.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conversation mode option comprises an audio-only conversation mode option and the listening mode option comprises a listening-only conversation mode option.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conversation mode comprises an audiovisual conversation mode option and the listening mode option comprises an audiovisual listening mode option.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conversation mode option and the listening mode option are presented near each other on the user interface of the first mobile device of the first user.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conversation mode option and the listening mode options are presented within at least one of 1 inch, 0.75 inches, 0.5 inches, 0.25 inches, 0.1 inches, 0.05 inches, 0.025 inches, 0.01 inches, 0.005 inches, or 0.0025 inches of each other on a bottom portion of the user interface of the first mobile device of the first user.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conversation mode option and the listening mode option are adjacent to each other on the user interface of the first mobile device of the first user.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first image of the conversation mode option is highlighted when selected by the first user, or wherein the second image of the listening mode option is highlighted when selected by the first user.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first image of the conversation mode option is highlighted and the second image of the listening mode option is unhighlighted in response to the first user switching the mobile application from operating in listening mode to operating in conversation mode.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second image of the listening mode option is highlighted and the first image of the conversation mode option is unhighlighted in response to the first user switching the mobile application from operating in conversation mode to operating in listening mode.

14. An apparatus for enabling substantially instantaneous switching between conversation mode and listening mode on a mobile application, 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;

enable the first user to select a conversation mode option or a listening mode option on the mobile application, wherein the conversation mode option and the listening mode option are presented together on a user interface of the mobile application on the first mobile device of the first user, wherein the first user cannot simultaneously select both the conversation mode option and the listening mode option;

in response to the first user selecting the conversation mode option, modify a first image of the conversation mode option, and determine a second user for conversing with the first user, wherein the second user accesses the mobile application on a second mobile device of the second user, or in response to the first user selecting the listening mode option, modify a second image of the listening mode option, and determine a first audio conversation involving a third user for broadcasting to the first user on the mobile application, wherein the third user accesses the mobile application on a third mobile device of the third user; and

in response to the first user selecting the conversation mode option, a first visual representation of the second user not comprising a first photographic or video image of the second user is displayed on the user interface, associated with the mobile application, on the first mobile device of the first user during a second audio conversation between the first user and the second user,

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.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the apparatus comprises at least one of an application server and at least one of the first mobile device, the second mobile device, or the third mobile device.

16. A method for enabling substantially instantaneous switching between conversation mode and listening mode on a mobile application, the method comprising:

determining, using one or more computing device processors, a first user accesses a mobile application on a first mobile device of the first user;

enabling, using the one or more computing device processors, the first user to select a conversation mode option or a listening mode option on the mobile application, wherein the conversation mode option and the listening mode option are presented on a user interface of the mobile application on the first mobile device of the first user, wherein the first user cannot simultaneously select both the conversation mode option and the listening mode option;

in response to the first user selecting the conversation mode option, modifying, using the one or more computing device processors, a first image of the conversation mode option, and determining, using the one or more computing device processors, a second user for conversing with the first user, wherein the second user accesses the mobile application on a second mobile device of the second user, or in response to the first user selecting the listening mode option, modifying, using the one or more computing device processors, a second image of the listening mode option, and determining, using the one or more computing device processors, a first audio conversation involving a third user for broadcasting to the first user on the mobile application, wherein the third user accesses the mobile application on a third mobile device of the third user; and

in response to selecting, using the one or more computing device processors, the conversation mode option, a first visual representation of the second user not comprising a first photographic or video image of the second user is displayed on the user interface, associated with the mobile application, on the first mobile device of the first user during a second audio conversation between the first user and the second user,

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.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising in response to the first user selecting the conversation mode option, modifying, using the one or more computing device processors, the first image of the conversation mode option and the second image of the listening mode option.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising in response to the first user selecting the listening mode option, modifying, using the one or more computing device processors, the second image of the listening mode option and the first image of the conversation mode option.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the mobile application cannot be operated in any other mode other than conversation mode or listening mode.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the conversation mode option and the listening mode option are integrated into a single option such that when the first user selects the single option when the mobile application, on the first mobile device, is in conversation mode, the mobile application switches from the conversation mode to listening mode, and when the user selects the single option when the mobile application, on the first mobile device, is in the listening mode, the mobile application switches from the listening mode to the conversation mode.

21. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first audio conversation or the second audio conversation comprises an audio-only conversation.

22. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first audio conversation or the second audio conversation comprises an audio-video conversation.

23. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first audio conversation or the second audio conversation comprises an audio-visual conversation.

24. The method of claim 16 , wherein the conversation mode option comprises a video conferencing mode option such that the first user enters a video conference with the second user, conducted on the mobile application, when selecting the conversation mode option.

25. The method of claim 16 , wherein the listening mode option comprises a video watching mode option such that the first user watches, on the mobile application on the first mobile device, a video or video conference associated with or involving the third user, when selecting the listening mode option.