US 12,289,176 B2
Presenting overview of participant reactions within a virtual conferencing system
Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Long Island City, 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 Nov. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/506,861.
Application 18/506,861 is a continuation of application No. 17/390,630, filed on Jul. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,855,796.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/168,063, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0080215 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 65/4038 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/1831 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04L 65/4038 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
providing a virtual environment for a virtual interaction between plural participants;
providing, for each of the plural participants, display of reaction buttons which are selectable by the participant during the virtual interaction to indicate different reactions within the virtual environment;
receiving indication of selections of the reaction buttons over time by one or more of the plural participants;
generating a graphical overview of reactions within the virtual environment based on the selections; and
providing an interface element for a first participant of the plural participants and not for remaining participants of the plural participants, the interface element being user-selectable to display the graphical overview of reactions with respect to a recording of the virtual interaction, such that the graphical overview of reactions is based on the recording, and is only viewable by the first participant and not by the remaining participants.