US 12,244,966 B2
Providing template rooms within a virtual conferencing system
Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Long Island, 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 Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/956,549.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/261,872, filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0094963 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 7/15 (2006.01); C12N 15/115 (2010.01); C12Q 1/6848 (2018.01); C12Q 1/686 (2018.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/157 (2013.01) [C12N 15/115 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6848 (2013.01); C12Q 1/686 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01); H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04N 7/152 (2013.01); C12N 2310/16 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
providing an interface to configure a template room for virtual conferencing;
receiving, via the interface, an indication of input provided by a user specifying elements for the template room and properties of the elements;
providing the user with access to a data file for generating plural rooms based on the elements for the template room and the properties of the elements, such that the data file is manually opened and updated by the user with text-based values, the data file being organized to include a separate entry with respective text-based values to generate each room of the plural rooms;
accessing the data file to determine the text-based values as manually updated by the user; and
providing, based on the elements for the template room, on the properties of the elements and on the text-based values, for virtual conferencing between plural participants across the plural rooms.