Webinar watch-party
Systems and methods for providing a webinar watch-party are provided herein. In an example, a system comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium, a communications interface, and a processor communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium and the communications interface may be provided. The processor may be configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to: receive, from a first client device, webinar access information; identify the first client device based on the webinar access information; transmit, to the first client device, watch-party access information; transmit to the first client device: a first set of audio and video streams corresponding to a webinar main meeting; and a second set of audio and video streams corresponding to a webinar watch-party based on the watch-party access information; and receive, from the first client device, a first audio stream and a first video stream.
1. A system comprising:
a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
a communications interface; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium and the communications interface, the processor configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
receive webinar access information for a webinar from a first client device associated with a participant of the webinar;
based on the webinar access information, join the first client device to a main meeting of the webinar and provide webinar audio and video streams corresponding to the main meeting to the first client device;
establish a webinar watch-party associated with the webinar; and
based on the participant joining the webinar watch-party, adjust a representation of the participant displayed in a roster of the main meeting from a first representation to a second representation.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
transmitting, to the first client device, watch-party access information to the first client device based on an assignment of the first client device to the webinar watch-party.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
identify one or more parameters based on the webinar access information; and
determine the assignment based on the one or more parameters.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the one or more parameters comprise any combination of:
a job title of the participant;
an identity of the participant;
an interest in a topic;
a contribution from the participant; or
a networking interest of the participant.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
establish a plurality of webinar watch-parties associated with the main meeting;
after a second client device joins the main meeting, provide a list of the plurality of webinar watch-parties to the second client device;
after providing the list to the second client device, receive, from the second client device, a request to join the webinar watch-party from among the plurality of webinar watch-parties on the list; and
responsive to receiving the request from the second client device to join the webinar watch-party, transmit watch-party access information to the second client device, the watch-part access information being configured to allow the second client device to access the webinar watch-party.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
receive, from the first client device, a request to exit the webinar watch-party; and
responsive to the request to exit the webinar watch-party, terminate providing, to the first client device, audio and video streams associated with the webinar watch-party.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
provide the first representation of the participant to a plurality of client devices in the main meeting;
determine a type of watch-party for the webinar watch-party; and
in response to the participant joining the webinar watch-party, adjust the first representation of the participant in the main meeting to the second representation based on the type of the webinar watch-party.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
automatically join the first client device to the webinar watch-party when the first client device joins the webinar.
9. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving webinar access information for a webinar from a first client device associated with a participant of the webinar;
establishing a webinar watch-party associated with the webinar;
based on the webinar access information, joining the first client device to a main meeting of the webinar and providing webinar audio and video streams corresponding to the main meeting to the first client device; and
based on the participant joining the webinar watch-party, adjusting a representation of the participant displayed in a roster of the main meeting from a first representation to a second representation.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
identifying one or more parameters corresponding to the participant based on the webinar access information;
determining an assignment of the participant to the webinar watch-party based on the one or more parameters; and
transitioning the first client device to the webinar watch-party based on the assignment.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein a parameter among the one or more parameters comprises:
a job title of the participant;
an interest in a topic;
a contribution from the participant; or
a networking interest of the participant.
12. The method of claim 9 , furthering comprising:
automatically joining the first client device to the webinar watch-party when the first client device joins the webinar.
13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
displaying, on the first client device, an indication that the first client device is in the webinar watch-party.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the webinar watch-party is a first webinar watch-party, and further comprising:
receiving, from a second client device, second webinar access information;
joining the second client device to the main meeting of the webinar based on the second webinar access information;
establishing a second webinar watch-party;
transitioning the second client device to the second webinar watch-party; and
transmitting, to the second client device:
a first set of audio and video streams corresponding to the main meeting of the webinar; and
a second set of audio and video streams corresponding to a second webinar watch-party that is different from the first webinar watch-party.
15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
providing the first representation of the participant to a plurality of client devices in the main meeting;
determining a type of watch-party for the webinar watch-party; and
in response to the participant joining the webinar watch-party, adjusting the first representation of the participant in the main meeting to the second representation based on the type of the webinar watch-party.
16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:
receive webinar access information for a webinar from a first client device associated with a participant of the webinar;
based on the webinar access information, join the first client device to a main meeting of the webinar and provide webinar audio and video streams corresponding to the main meeting to the first client device;
establish a webinar watch-party associated with the webinar; and
based on the participant joining the webinar watch-party, adjust a representation of the participant displayed in a roster of the main meeting from a first representation to a second representation.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
provide the first representation of the participant to a plurality of client devices in the main meeting;
determine a type of watch-party for the webinar watch-party; and
in response to the participant joining the webinar watch-party, adjust the first representation of the participant in the main meeting to the second representation based on the type of the webinar watch-party.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the webinar watch-party is a private watch party.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
transmit, to the first client device, a request for information;
responsive to transmitting the request, receive from the first client device the information;
determine one or more parameters based on the information;
determine an assignment of the participant to the webinar watch-party based at least in part on the one or more parameters; and
transition the first client device to the webinar watch-party based on the assignment.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:
automatically join the first client device to the webinar watch-party when the first client device joins the webinar.