Granted Patent B2

US 12,537,706 · App. 18/532,591 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Inventors: Jason Clark (Evergreen, CO); Benjamin Gareth Dove (Issaquch, WA); Amanda Naomi Etheridge (Georgetown, TX); Li-An Huang (San Francisco, CA); Robert Allen Ryskamp (Mountain View, CA); Adam Justin Spooner (Greensboro, NC); Matthew Brandon Wesson (Lafayette, CO)

Assignee: Zoom Communications, Inc.

H04L12/1822H04L51/216

Abstract

Claims (74)

1 . A method comprising:

establishing, by a video conference provider, a first chat channel to enable exchanging chat messages between a plurality of client devices;

receiving, by the video conference provider, an indication to generate a first spotlight card associated with the first chat channel, wherein the indication identifies spotlight content;

generating, by the video conference provider, the first spotlight card based on the spotlight content; and

transmitting, by the video conference provider to one or more of the client devices connected to the first chat channel, a portion of the spotlight content associated with the first spotlight card for display within a spotlight panel within the first chat channel and positioned adjacent to a chat messaging panel comprising chat messages posted to the first chat channel.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein generating, by the video conference provider, the first spotlight card within the spotlight panel comprises:

accessing a first resource external to the first chat channel;

identifying the spotlight content responsive to the indication to generate the first spotlight card; and

generating the first spotlight card based on the spotlight content from the first resource external to the first chat channel.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising updating, by the video conference provider in real-time, the portion of the spotlight content within the spotlight panel of the first chat channel based on a change to the spotlight content.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein updating, by the video conference provider, the portion of the spotlight content within the spotlight panel comprises:

receiving, by the video conference provider, updated spotlight content; and

updating, by the video conference provider, the first spotlight card based on the updated spotlight content.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein updating, by the video conference provider, the portion of the spotlight content within the spotlight panel comprises:

receiving, from a first client device, an indication of a selection of the first spotlight card within the spotlight panel;

obtaining updated spotlight content based on the indication; and

transmitting, by the video conference provider, the at least a portion of the updated spotlight content to the first client device.

6 . The method of claim 3 , wherein updating, by the video conference provider, the first spotlight card within the spotlight panel comprises:

receiving, from a first client device, one or more changes to the spotlight content of the first spotlight card within the spotlight panel; and

updating, by the video conference provider, the spotlight content of the first spotlight card based on the one or more changes to the spotlight content.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a request for a spotlight home page from a first client device of the plurality of client devices;

identifying a plurality of chat channels associated with a user of the first client device;

accessing a plurality of spotlight cards associated with the plurality of chat channels, the plurality of spotlight cards comprising the spotlight card; and

providing at least a subset of the plurality of spotlight cards to the first client device.

8 . A system comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable medium;

a communications interface; and

one or more processors 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:

establish, by a video conference provider, a first chat channel to enable exchanging chat messages between a plurality of client devices;

receive, by the video conference provider, an indication to generate a first spotlight card associated with the first chat channel, wherein the indication identifies spotlight content;

generate, by the video conference provider, the first spotlight card based on the spotlight content; and

transmit, by the video conference provider to one or more of the client devices connected to the first chat channel, a portion of the spotlight content associated with the first spotlight card for display within a spotlight panel within the first chat channel and positioned adjacent to a chat messaging panel comprising chat messages posted to the first chat channel.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:

access a first resource external to the first chat channel;

identify the spotlight content responsive to the indication to generate the first spotlight card; and

generate the first spotlight card based on the spotlight content from the first resource external to the first chat channel.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to update, by the video conference provider in real-time, the portion of the spotlight content within the spotlight panel of the first chat channel based on a change to the spotlight content.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:

receive, by the video conference provider, updated spotlight content; and

update, by the video conference provider, the first spotlight card based on the updated spotlight content.

12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:

receive, from a first client device, an indication of a selection of the first spotlight card within the spotlight panel;

obtain updated spotlight content based on the indication; and

transmit, by the video conference provider, the at least a portion of the updated spotlight content to the first client device.

13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:

receive, from a first client device, one or more changes to the spotlight content of the first spotlight card within the spotlight panel; and

update, by the video conference provider, the spotlight content of the first spotlight card based on the one or more changes to the spotlight content.

14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute further processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to:

receive a request for a spotlight home page from a first client device of the plurality of client devices;

identify a plurality of chat channels associated with a user of the first client device;

access a plurality of spotlight cards associated with the plurality of chat channels, the plurality of spotlight cards comprising the spotlight card; and

provide at least a subset of the plurality of spotlight cards to the first client device.

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

establish, by a video conference provider, a first chat channel to enable exchanging chat messages between a plurality of client devices;

receive, by the video conference provider, an indication to generate a first spotlight card associated with the first chat channel, wherein the indication identifies spotlight content;

generate, by the video conference provider, the first spotlight card based on the spotlight content; and

transmit, by the video conference provider to one or more of the client devices connected to the first chat channel, a portion of the spotlight content associated with the first spotlight card for display within a spotlight panel within the first chat channel and positioned adjacent to a chat messaging panel comprising chat messages posted to the first chat channel.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to update, by the video conference provider in real-time, the portion of the spotlight content within the spotlight panel of the first chat channel based on a change to the spotlight content.

17 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to:

receive, by the video conference provider, updated spotlight content; and

update, by the video conference provider, the first spotlight card based on the updated spotlight content.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to:

receive, from a first client device, an indication of a selection of the first spotlight card within the spotlight panel;

obtain updated spotlight content based on the indication; and

transmit, by the video conference provider, the at least a portion of the updated spotlight content to the first client device.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , further comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to:

receive, from a first client device, one or more changes to the spotlight content of the first spotlight card within the spotlight panel; and

update, by the video conference provider, the spotlight content of the first spotlight card based on the one or more changes to the spotlight content.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising processor-executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to:

receive a request for a spotlight home page from a first client device of the plurality of client devices;

identify a plurality of chat channels associated with a user of the first client device;

access a plurality of spotlight cards associated with the plurality of chat channels, the plurality of spotlight cards comprising the spotlight card; and

provide at least a subset of the plurality of spotlight cards to the first client device.

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