US 11,909,778 B2
Creating video conference expos
Andy Chan, Santa Clara, CA (US); Jeffrey Houng, Redmond, WA (US); Yuk Fai Lam, San Jose, CA (US); and Pankaj Prasad, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/582,932.
Prior Publication US 2023/0239330 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/1069 (2013.01) [H04L 65/403 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving configuration information for a virtual expo, the configuration information comprising information associated with one or more virtual expo booths;
generating a virtual expo floor based on the one or more virtual expo booths;
establishing the virtual expo, the virtual expo comprising one or more virtual expo booths;
establishing a virtual meeting associated with a first virtual expo booth;
receiving requests to join the virtual expo from a plurality of client devices, each client device associated with a respective participant;
joining each client device of the plurality of client devices to the virtual expo;
providing, to each joined client device, information describing the virtual expo floor and locations of each of the one or more virtual expo booths;
providing, to each joined client device, a location of a respective participant avatar on the virtual expo floor;
receiving, via a first client device, a selection of the first virtual expo booth from a first participant; and
joining the first client device to the virtual meeting associated with the first virtual expo booth.