US 12,238,456 B2
Virtual expo booth previews
Andy Chan, Santa Clara, CA (US); Jeffrey Houng, Redmond, WA (US); Yuk Fai Lam, San Jose, CA (US); and Pankaj Kumar 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. 17/582,824.
Prior Publication US 2023/0239434 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04L 65/1093 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04M 3/56 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/157 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1093 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04M 3/567 (2013.01); H04N 7/152 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
joining a virtual expo hosted by a video conference provider, the virtual expo including a plurality of virtual expo booths;
presenting a graphical representation of the virtual expo and one or more virtual expo booths of the plurality of virtual expo booths;
receiving an input indicating a selection to preview live multimedia content presented within a first virtual expo booth of the plurality of virtual expo booths without joining the first virtual expo booth;
receiving, from the video conference provider, one or more multimedia streams associated with the first virtual expo booth without joining the first virtual expo booth; and
presenting the one or more multimedia streams.