US 11,863,335 B1
Chat channel highlights
Jason Clark, Evergreen, CO (US); Benjamin Gareth Dove, Issaquch, WA (US); Amanda Naomi Etheridge, Georgetown, TX (US); Li-An Huang, San Francisco, CA (US); Robert Allen Ryskamp, Mountain View, CA (US); Adam Justin Spooner, Greensboro, NC (US); and Matthew Brandon Wesson, Lafayette, CO (US)
Assigned to Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,879.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 51/216 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/1822 (2013.01) [H04L 51/216 (2022.05)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
establishing, by a video conference provider, a first chat channel for exchanging chat messages between a plurality of client devices;
receiving, by the video conference provider, an indication to generate a first spotlight card within the first chat channel, wherein the indication identifies spotlight content from a first resource external to the first chat channel;
generating, by the video conference provider, the first spotlight card identifying the spotlight content wherein generating the first spotlight card comprises:
accessing the 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; and
transmitting, by the video conference provider to one or more of the client devices connected to the first chat channel, the first spotlight card for display within a spotlight panel within the first chat channel, the spotlight panel positioned proximate to a chat messaging panel comprising chat messages posted to the first chat channel.