US 12,261,709 B2
Enabling two-way communication with video conference waiting rooms
Lin Han, Los Altos, CA (US); and Nitasha Walia, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/245,202.
Prior Publication US 2022/0353098 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/1822 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1818 (2013.01); H04L 12/1831 (2013.01); H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04N 7/152 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a first client device, a request to join a video conference, the video conference having a main meeting;
creating, in response to the request, a sub-meeting of the main meeting;
connecting the first client device to the sub-meeting without connecting the first client device to the main meeting;
connecting a host client device to the sub-meeting without disconnecting the host client device from the main meeting, the host client device exchanging multimedia streams with both the main meeting and the sub-meeting, the host client device associated with a host of the main meeting;
receiving first multimedia content from the first client device; and
providing the first multimedia content to the host client device.