US 11,943,072 B2
Providing a room preview within a virtual conferencing system
Andrew Cheng-Min Lin, Long Island City, NY (US); and Walton Lin, Chatham, NJ (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/390,659.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/168,070, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0321371 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 65/4038 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/1822 (2013.01) [G06F 3/167 (2013.01); H04L 12/1831 (2013.01); H04L 65/4038 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
providing for virtual conferencing between first plural participants within a first room of plural rooms, the plural rooms being included within a virtual space for virtual conferencing; and
for each respective participant of the first plural participants,
providing display of a participant video element which corresponds to the respective participant and which includes a video feed of the respective participant,
providing a first audio channel associated with audio output of the first room,
providing display of a room preview element within the first room, the room preview element corresponding to a viewport configured for the respective participant to view a live feed of a second room of the plural rooms within the virtual space, the viewport being configured to resize and reposition the live feed of the second room in response to predefined user input by the respective participant, and
providing a second audio channel associated with audio output of the second room.