IP Library Granted Patent US 12,335,322
Granted Patent B2
US 12,335,322 · App. 18/653,621 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Capturing and presenting audience response at scale

Inventors: Brendan James Ittelson (San Jose, CA); Pankaj Prasad (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Zoom Communications, Inc.
H04L65/403
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Patent No.
US 12,335,322
App. No.
18/653,621
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

One example method includes receiving, by the video conference provider, a plurality of responses during a time period, the plurality of responses each provided by one of a plurality of participants in a video conference, the video conference associated with a host and hosted by a video conference provider, and each of the plurality of responses associated with a timestamp and one of a plurality of types of responses, wherein the one of the types of responses comprises an audible response, a visual response, or a user input response. The method also includes sampling, by the video conference provider, the plurality of responses to identify a plurality of response characteristics and generating, by the video conference provider, a consolidated response associated with each timestamp, the consolidated response based at least in part on the plurality of response characteristics. The method further includes assigning, by the video conference provider, an assigned score to the consolidated response associated with each timestamp, wherein assigning comprises utilizing one of the plurality of types of responses to prioritize certain of the plurality of responses, generating an indicator reflecting a comparison of the assigned score to a typical score associated with the host, and outputting the indicator to the host.

Claims (41)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a video conference provider, a plurality of responses during a time period, the plurality of responses each provided by one of a plurality of participants in a video conference, the video conference associated with a host and hosted by a video conference provider, and each of the plurality of responses associated with a timestamp and one of a plurality of types of responses, wherein the one of the types of responses comprises an audible response, a visual response, or a user input response;

sampling, by the video conference provider, the plurality of responses to identify a plurality of response characteristics;

generating, by the video conference provider, a consolidated response associated with each timestamp, the consolidated response based at least in part on the plurality of response characteristics; and

assigning, by the video conference provider, an assigned score to the consolidated response associated with each timestamp, wherein assigning comprises utilizing one of the plurality of types of responses to prioritize certain of the plurality of responses;

generating an indicator reflecting a comparison of the assigned score to a typical score associated with the host; and

outputting the indicator to the host.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating a priority to at least one of the plurality of responses.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the priority is associated with a user characteristic.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the user characteristic comprises a relative importance of the user.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the type of user response is the user input response.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the user input response is associated with a higher priority and the audible response is associated with a lower priority.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user input response comprises a numeric indicator.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the numeric indicator is associated with one of a low rating, a middle rating, or a high rating.

9. A system comprising:

a communications interface;

a non-transitory computer-readable medium; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the communications interface and the non-transitory computer-readable medium, the one or more processors configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:

receive, by a video conference provider, a plurality of responses during a time period, the plurality of responses each provided by one of a plurality of participants in a video conference, the video conference associated with a host and hosted by a video conference provider, and each of the plurality of responses associated with a timestamp and one of a plurality of types of responses, wherein the one of the types of responses comprises an audible response, a visual response, or a user input response;

sample, by the video conference provider, the plurality of responses to identify a plurality of response characteristics;

generate, by the video conference provider, a consolidated response associated with each timestamp, the consolidated response based at least in part on the plurality of response characteristics; and

assign, by the video conference provider, an assigned score to the consolidated response associated with each timestamp, wherein assigning comprises utilizing one of the plurality of types of responses to prioritize certain of the plurality of responses;

generate an indicator reflecting a comparison of the assigned score to a typical score associated with the host; and

output the indicator to the host.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor-executable instructions further comprises processor-executable instructions to associate a priority to at least one of the plurality of responses.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the priority is associated with a user characteristic.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the user characteristic comprises a relative importance of the user.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the type of user response is the user input response.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the user input response is associated with a higher priority and the audible response is associated with a lower priority.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the user input response comprises a numeric indicator.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the numeric indicator is associated with one of a low rating, a middle rating, or a high rating.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause one or more processors to:

receive, by a video conference provider, a plurality of responses during a time period, the plurality of responses each provided by one of a plurality of participants in a video conference, the video conference associated with a host and hosted by a video conference provider, and each of the plurality of responses associated with a timestamp and one of a plurality of types of responses, wherein the one of the types of responses comprises an audible response, a visual response, or a user input response;

sample, by the video conference provider, the plurality of responses to identify a plurality of response characteristics;

generate, by the video conference provider, a consolidated response associated with each timestamp, the consolidated response based at least in part on the plurality of response characteristics; and

assign, by the video conference provider, an assigned score to the consolidated response associated with each timestamp, wherein assigning comprises utilizing one of the plurality of types of responses to prioritize certain of the plurality of responses;

generate an indicator reflecting a comparison of the assigned score to a typical score associated with the host; and

output the indicator to the host.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the processor-executable instructions further comprises processor-executable instructions to associate a priority to at least one of the plurality of responses.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the priority is associated with a user characteristic.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the user input response comprises a numeric indicator.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2025
From: ITTELSON, BRENDAN JAMES; PRASAD, PANKAJ
To: ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071047/0766 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 7, 2025
From: ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071197/0732 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18108261 · Feb 10, 2023
Continuation 17390192 · Jul 30, 2021
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