Granted Patent B1

US 12,470,420 · App. 18/361,206 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Inventors: Petrus Jacobus Botes (Aubrey, TX); Thanh Le Nguyen (Belle Chasse, LA); Steven Carl Rivers (Wyoming, MI)

Assignee: Zoom Communications, Inc.

H04L12/1818G06T5/70H04N7/157

Abstract

Claims (57)

1 . A method, comprising:

identifying devices connected to a user device and usable in configuring a conferencing application;

receiving a selection of one of the devices as a selected device;

storing, in association with a profile identification criterion, a conference profile that indicates to use the selected device;

receiving a request to connect the user device to a conference using the conferencing application;

determining that the profile identification criterion is satisfied based on the request;

in response to determining that the profile identification criterion is satisfied, retrieving the conference profile;

determining whether the selected device is unavailable; and

configuring, based on the conference profile, the conferencing application to use a built-in device of the user device instead of the selected device in response to determining that the selected device is unavailable.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

including, in the conference profile, an indication to use a second device when the selected device is unavailable.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

including, in the conference profile, an indication of whether to enable a virtual background in conferences configured based on the conference profile.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

including, in the conference profile, an indication of whether original sound is used in conferences configured based on the conference profile.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the profile identification criterion is satisfied comprises:

determining that a location of the user device matches a location of the profile identification criterion.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to determining that the selected device is available, configuring the conferencing application to use the selected device.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the profile identification criterion is satisfied comprises:

determining that a location of the user device matches a location of the profile identification criterion.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a request to connect the user device to another conference;

receiving, from a user of the user device, a selection of the conference profile from a set of conference profiles; and

configuring, for the another conference, the conferencing application based on the conference profile.

9 . A system, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors, the one or more processors configured to execute instructions stored in the one or more memories to:

identify devices connected to a user device and usable in configuring a conferencing application;

receive a selection of one of the devices as a selected device;

store, in association with a profile identification criterion, a conference profile that indicates to use the selected device;

receive a request to connect the user device to a conference using the conferencing application;

determine that the profile identification criterion is satisfied based on the request;

in response to determining that the profile identification criterion is satisfied, retrieve the conference profile;

determine whether the selected device is unavailable; and

configure, based on the conference profile, the conferencing application to use a built-in device of the user device instead of the selected device in response to determining that the selected device is unavailable.

10 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the profile identification criterion comprises a criterion related to a location of the user device.

11 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the profile identification criterion comprises a criterion related to conference invitees.

12 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the profile identification criterion comprises a criterion related to conference metadata.

13 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the conference profile includes an identifier of the selected device.

14 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the conference profile indicates that another device that is different from the selected device is to be used in case the selected device is unavailable.

15 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the selected device is an external device to the user device, and wherein the conference profile indicates that a built-in device is to be used when the selected device is unavailable.

16 . The system of claim 9 , wherein the selected device is stored in the conference profile in association with a device type.

17 . The system of claim 9 , wherein to configure, based on the conference profile, the conferencing application further comprises instructions to:

blur a background of a video stream obtained from a camera of the user device based on an indication in the conference profile to blur the background.

18 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising, comprising:

identifying devices connected to a user device and usable in configuring a conferencing application;

receiving a selection of one of the devices as a selected device;

storing, in association with a profile identification criterion, a conference profile that indicates to use the selected device;

receiving a request to connect the user device to a conference using the conferencing application;

determining that the profile identification criterion is satisfied based on the request;

in response to determining that the profile identification criterion is satisfied, retrieving the conference profile;

determining whether the selected device is unavailable; and

configuring, based on the conference profile, the conferencing application to use a built-in device of the user device instead of the selected device in response to determining that the selected device is unavailable.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium storing of claim 18 , further comprising:

enabling a virtual background in response to determining that the conference profile includes an indication to enable the virtual background.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium storing of claim 18 , wherein the conference profile includes an indication of a first monitor usable for sharing slides and a second monitor usable for displaying speaker notes during the conference.

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