IP Library Granted Patent US 12,185,028
Granted Patent B2
US 12,185,028 · App. 17/954,932 · Granted Dec 31, 2024

Providing contact information within a virtual conferencing system

Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin (Long Island City, NY); Walton Lin (Chatham, NJ)
Assignee: SNAP INC.
H04N7/157G06T19/20H04L12/1822H04N7/147H04N7/152
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Patent No.
US 12,185,028
App. No.
17/954,932
Granted
Dec 31, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing contact information. The program and method provide for providing for virtual conferencing between plural participants within a room included within a virtual space; providing, for each of the plural participants in the room, display of a participant video element which corresponds to the participant and which includes a user-selectable button for sending contact information to the participant; receiving a first indication of a user selection, by a first participant of the plural participants, of the user-selectable button corresponding to a second participant of the plural participants; receiving, in response to receiving the first indication, a second indication that the second participant authorizes viewing contact information of first participant; and providing, in response to receiving the second indication, the contact information of the first participant for viewing by the second participant.

Claims (44)

1. A method, comprising:

providing for virtual conferencing between plural participants within a room, the room being included within a virtual space for virtual conferencing;

providing display of a participant video element for each of the plural participants in the room, wherein each participant video element includes a video feed of a respective participant of the plural participants, and wherein each participant video element further includes a user-selectable button for sending contact information to the respective participant;

receiving a first indication of a user selection, by a first participant of the plural participants, of the user-selectable button corresponding to a second participant of the plural participants;

receiving, in response to receiving the first indication, a second indication that the second participant authorizes viewing contact information of first participant; and

providing, in response to receiving the second indication, the contact information of the first participant for viewing by the second participant.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, prior to receiving the second indication, a request to a device associated with the first participant, the request for the first participant to authorize sending of the contact information to the second participant.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, prior to receiving the second indication, a request to a device associated with the second participant, the request for the second participant to authorize viewing of the contact information for the first participant.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing, prior to receiving the first indication and for each of the plural participants, an interface for the participant to submit respective their contact information for sending to other participants.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the contact information of the first participant comprises providing a contact card corresponding to the first participant to a device associated with the second participant.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the contact card is configured to be downloaded and saved by the second participant.

7. 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 virtual conferencing between plural participants within a room, the room being included within a virtual space for virtual conferencing;

providing display of a participant video element for each of the plural participants in the room, wherein each participant video element includes a video feed of a respective participant of the plural participants, and wherein each participant video element further includes a user-selectable button for sending contact information to the respective participant;

receiving a first indication of a user selection, by a first participant of the plural participants, of the user-selectable button corresponding to a second participant of the plural participants;

receiving, in response to receiving the first indication, a second indication that the second participant authorizes viewing contact information of first participant; and

providing, in response to receiving the second indication, the contact information of the first participant for viewing by the second participant.

8. The system of claim 7 , the operations further comprising:

sending, prior to receiving the second indication, a request to a device associated with the first participant, the request for the first participant to authorize sending of the contact information to the second participant.

9. The system of claim 7 , the operations further comprising:

sending, prior to receiving the second indication, a request to a device associated with the second participant, the request for the second participant to authorize viewing of the contact information for the first participant.

10. The system of claim 7 , the operations further comprising:

providing, prior to receiving the first indication and for each of the plural participants, an interface for the participant to submit respective their contact information for sending to other participants.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein providing the contact information of the first participant comprises providing a contact card corresponding to the first participant to a device associated with the second participant.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the contact card is configured to be downloaded and saved by the second participant.

13. 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 virtual conferencing between plural participants within a room, the room being included within a virtual space for virtual conferencing;

providing display of a participant video element for each of the plural participants in the room, wherein each participant video element includes a video feed of a respective participant of the plural participants, and wherein each participant video element further includes a user-selectable button for sending contact information to the respective participant;

receiving a first indication of a user selection, by a first participant of the plural participants, of the user-selectable button corresponding to a second participant of the plural participants;

receiving, in response to receiving the first indication, a second indication that the second participant authorizes viewing contact information of first participant; and

providing, in response to receiving the second indication, the contact information of the first participant for viewing by the second participant.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:

sending, prior to receiving the second indication, a request to a device associated with the first participant, the request for the first participant to authorize sending of the contact information to the second participant.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:

sending, prior to receiving the second indication, a request to a device associated with the second participant, the request for the second participant to authorize viewing of the contact information for the first participant.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:

providing, prior to receiving the first indication and for each of the plural participants, an interface for the participant to submit respective their contact information for sending to other participants.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein providing the contact information of the first participant comprises providing a contact card corresponding to the first participant to a device associated with the second participant.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the contact card is configured to be downloaded and saved by the second participant.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2024
From: CHENG-MIN LIN, ANDREW; LIN, WALTON
To: SNAP INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63250599 · Sep 30, 2021
Related Publication 20230101377A1 · Mar 30, 2023