CPC H04W 4/08 (2013.01) [H04H 20/91 (2013.01); H04H 20/95 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
12. An apparatus for streaming or transmitting audio communication clips, the apparatus comprising:
one or more computing device processors;
one or more memory systems comprising code, executable by the one or more computing device processors, and configured to:
determine a first user accesses a mobile application using a first mobile device of the first user;
determine a second user accesses the mobile application using a second mobile device of the second user;
receive first audio communication information associated with an audio communication thread or board;
receive, at a first time, from the first mobile device of the first user, a first audio communication clip;
add the first audio communication clip to the audio communication thread or board;
receive, at a second time, from the second mobile device of the second user, a second audio communication clip;
add the second audio communication clip to the audio communication thread or board;
determine a third user accesses the mobile application using a third mobile device of the third user;
transmit, to the third mobile device of the third user, available audio communication information for one or more audio communication threads or boards available to the third mobile device, wherein the one or more audio communication threads or boards comprises the audio communication thread or board;
stream or transmit the first audio communication clip to the third mobile device of the third user;
transmit, to the third mobile device for visual display, on a first user interface of the mobile application, a first visual representation of the first user not comprising a first live video of the first user, such that the first visual representation is displayed during playing of the first audio communication clip on the third mobile device of the third user;
stream or transmit the second audio communication clip to the third mobile device of the third user;
transmit, to the third mobile device for visual display, on the first user interface, or on a second user interface, of the mobile application, a second visual representation of the second user not comprising a second video of the second user, such that the first visual representation is displayed during playing of the second audio communication clip on the third mobile device of the third user; and
transmit, to the third mobile device for visual display, on the first user interface of the mobile application, the audio communication information, or second audio communication information, associated with the audio communication thread or board, such that the first audio communication information, or the second audio communication information, is displayed during playing of the first audio communication clip on the third mobile device of the third user.
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