Granted Patent B2

US 12,348,575 · App. 18/625,741 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Inventors: Emily Cho (Brooklyn, NY); Andrew Cheng-min Lin (Long Island City, NY)

Assignee: Snap Inc.

H04L65/403G06F3/04815G06F3/0482G06F3/0484H04N7/157

Abstract

Claims (63)

1. A method, comprising:

providing, in association with designing a virtual space for virtual interaction, an interface for configuring a set of rooms,

wherein each room in the set of rooms has a different number of participant video elements assignable to respective participant video feeds,

wherein each room in the set of rooms has a different selection and configuration of room elements and objects that are separate from the participant video elements, and

wherein each room in the set of rooms has a common visual theme with respect to a background, the room elements and the objects;

receiving, via the interface, an indication of user input for setting properties for the set of rooms;

determining, in association with virtual interaction, a first number of participants for a room;

selecting a first room, from the set of rooms, corresponding to the first number of participants;

providing display of the first room; and

assigning, for each of the first number of participants, a participant video feed corresponding to the participant with a respective participant video element in the first room,

wherein the interface provides for adding a multi-participant video element to one or more rooms in the set of rooms, the multi-participant video element being configured to accommodate a user-specified number of participant video feeds.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting, in association with the virtual interaction, that the first number of participants has changed to a second number of participants for the first room;

switching from display of the first room to display of a second room, from the set of rooms, corresponding to the second number of participants; and

assigning, for each of the second number of participants, a participant video feed corresponding to the participant with a respective participant video element in the second room.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the room elements across the set of rooms share a common visual theme.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the assigning is performed automatically based on the properties set for the first room.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the assigning is performed manually, via user selection by one or more of the first number of participants, based on the properties set for the first room.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of second user input for reassigning a first participant video feed from a first participant video element to a second participant video element; and

reassigning, in response to receiving the indication of second user input, the first participant video feed from the first participant video element to the second participant video element.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interface provides for configuring at least one of positions, shapes or sizes of the participant video elements of the first room relative to seating objects depicted in the first room.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interface provides for the user to specify depth of the room elements relative to the participant video elements.

9. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

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

providing, in association with designing a virtual space for virtual interaction, an interface for configuring a set of rooms,

wherein each room in the set of rooms has a different number of participant video elements assignable to respective participant video feeds,

wherein each room in the set of rooms has a different selection and configuration of room elements and objects that are separate from the participant video elements, and

wherein each room in the set of rooms has a common visual theme with respect to a background, the room elements and the objects;

receiving, via the interface, an indication of user input for setting properties for the set of rooms;

determining, in association with virtual interaction, a first number of participants for a room;

selecting a first room, from the set of rooms, corresponding to the first number of participants;

providing display of the first room; and

assigning, for each of the first number of participants, a participant video feed corresponding to the participant with a respective participant video element in the first room,

wherein the interface provides for adding a multi-participant video element to one or more rooms in the set of rooms, the multi-participant video element being configured to accommodate a user-specified number of participant video feeds.

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

detecting, in association with the virtual interaction, that the first number of participants has changed to a second number of participants for the first room;

switching from display of the first room to display of a second room, from the set of rooms, corresponding to the second number of participants; and

assigning, for each of the second number of participants, a participant video feed corresponding to the participant with a respective participant video element in the second room.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the room elements across the set of rooms share a common visual theme.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the assigning is performed automatically based on the properties set for the first room.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the assigning is performed manually, via user selection by one or more of the first number of participants, based on the properties set for the first room.

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

receiving an indication of second user input for reassigning a first participant video feed from a first participant video element to a second participant video element; and

reassigning, in response to receiving the indication of second user input, the first participant video feed from the first participant video element to the second participant video element.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the interface provides for configuring at least one of positions, shapes or sizes of the participant video elements of the first room relative to seating objects depicted in the first room.

16. The system of claim 9 , wherein the interface provides for the user to specify depth of the room elements relative to the participant video elements.

17. 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, in association with designing a virtual space for virtual interaction, an interface for configuring a set of rooms,

wherein each room in the set of rooms has a different number of participant video elements assignable to respective participant video feeds,

wherein each room in the set of rooms has a different selection and configuration of room elements and objects that are separate from the participant video elements, and

wherein each room in the set of rooms has a common visual theme with respect to a background, the room elements and the objects;

receiving, via the interface, an indication of user input for setting properties for the set of rooms;

determining, in association with virtual interaction, a first number of participants for a room;

selecting a first room, from the set of rooms, corresponding to the first number of participants;

providing display of the first room; and

assigning, for each of the first number of participants, a participant video feed corresponding to the participant with a respective participant video element in the first room,

wherein the interface provides for adding a multi-participant video element to one or more rooms in the set of rooms, the multi-participant video element being configured to accommodate a user-specified number of participant video feeds.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , the operations further comprising:

detecting, in association with the virtual interaction, that the first number of participants has changed to a second number of participants for the first room;

switching from display of the first room to display of a second room, from the set of rooms, corresponding to the second number of participants; and

assigning, for each of the second number of participants, a participant video feed corresponding to the participant with a respective participant video element in the second room.

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