IP Library Granted Patent US 11,973,613
Granted Patent B2
US 11,973,613 · App. 17/393,204 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Presenting overview of participant conversations within a virtual conferencing system

Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin (Long Island City, NY); Walton Lin (Chatham, NJ)
Assignee: SNAP INC.
H04L12/1827H04L12/1822
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Patent No.
US 11,973,613
App. No.
17/393,204
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting an overview of participant conversations within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide for a virtual space comprising plural rooms, each room of the plural rooms being configured for virtual conferencing between respective participants; provide, for an administrator of the virtual space, display of a dashboard interface, the dashboard interface comprising a room preview element for each of the plural rooms, each room preview element corresponding to a live preview for a respective room of the plural rooms; determine metrics for each of the plural rooms; and provide for display of the metrics within the dashboard interface.

Claims (37)

1. A method, comprising:

providing for a virtual space comprising plural rooms, each room of the plural rooms being configured for a respective virtual conference between respective plural participants other than an administrator of the virtual space;

providing, for the administrator, display of a dashboard interface, the dashboard interface comprising a room preview element for each of the plural rooms, each room preview element corresponding to a viewport configured for the administrator to view a live feed of a respective room of the plural rooms including the respective virtual conference between the respective plural participants, the viewport being configured to resize and reposition the live feed of the respective room of the plural rooms in response to predefined user input by the administrator, each room preview element being user-selectable to navigate to the respective room and to join the respective virtual conference between the respective plural participants;

determining metrics for each of the plural rooms, the metrics including a number of participants for each of the plural rooms; and

providing, for each room of the plural rooms, display of the metrics as an overlay on the room preview element for the room.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, for each room of the plural rooms, the metrics indicate an audio level corresponding to an amount of participant engagement among the respective plural participants of the room.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metrics indicate at least one of a number of participant cameras or participant microphones that are active for each of the plural rooms.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metrics indicate a frequency at which the respective plural participants enter and exit each of the plural rooms.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the metrics indicate an average duration of participant stay for each of the plural rooms.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing, for each room preview element associated with a room, display of participant video elements corresponding to the respective plural participants of the room.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the participant video elements include video feeds for the respective plural participants.

8. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of user input, via the dashboard interface, for increasing the audio level for a first room of the plural rooms, the user input comprising a predefined gesture performed with respect to the room preview element corresponding to the first room; and

causing, in response to receiving the indication of user input, the audio level to increase for the first room.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein each room preview element comprises user-selectable elements for resizing and repositioning the live feed of the respective room as provided by the viewport, and

wherein the predefined user input corresponds to user selection of the user-selectable elements.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predefined user input corresponds to respective predefined user gestures for resizing and repositioning the live feed of the respective room as provided by the viewport.

11. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to perform operations comprising:

providing for a virtual space comprising plural rooms, each room of the plural rooms being configured for a respective virtual conference between respective plural participants other than an administrator of the virtual space;

providing, for the administrator, display of a dashboard interface, the dashboard interface comprising a room preview element for each of the plural rooms, each room preview element corresponding to a viewport configured for the administrator to view a live feed of a respective room of the plural rooms including the respective virtual conference between the respective plural participants, the viewport being configured to resize and reposition the live feed of the respective room of the plural rooms in response to predefined user input by the administrator, each room preview element being user-selectable to navigate to the respective room and to join the respective virtual conference between the respective plural participants;

determining metrics for each of the plural rooms, the metrics including a number of participants for each of the plural rooms; and

providing, for each room of the plural rooms, display of the metrics as an overlay on the room preview element for the room.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein, for each room of the plural rooms, the metrics indicate an audio level corresponding to an amount of participant engagement among the respective plural participants of the room.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the metrics indicate at least one of a number of participant cameras or participant microphones that are active for each of the plural rooms.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the metrics indicate a frequency at which the respective plural participants enter and exit each of the plural rooms.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the metrics indicate an average duration of participant stay for each of the plural rooms.

16. The system of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:

providing, for each room preview element associated with a room, display of participant video elements corresponding to the respective plural participants of the room.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the participant video elements include video feeds for the respective plural participants.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

providing for a virtual space comprising plural rooms, each room of the plural rooms being configured for a respective virtual conference between respective plural participants other than an administrator of the virtual space;

providing, for the administrator, display of a dashboard interface, the dashboard interface comprising a room preview element for each of the plural rooms, each room preview element corresponding to a viewport configured for the administrator to view a live feed of a respective room of the plural rooms including the respective virtual conference between the respective plural participants, the viewport being configured to resize and reposition the live feed of the respective room of the plural rooms in response to predefined user input by the administrator, each room preview element being user-selectable to navigate to the respective room and to join the respective virtual conference between the respective plural participants;

determining metrics for each of the plural rooms, the metrics including a number of participants for each of the plural rooms; and

providing, for each room of the plural rooms, display of the metrics as an overlay on the room preview element for the room.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2023
From: CHENG-MIN LIN, ANDREW; LIN, WALTON
To: SNAP INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63168141 · Mar 30, 2021
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