US 11,979,444 B1
Mesh management for redistribution of online events
Nicholas Sieracki, Sylmar, CA (US); and Michael White, Alpine, UT (US)
Assigned to Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/143,123.
Application 18/143,123 is a continuation of application No. 17/515,488, filed on Oct. 31, 2021, granted, now 11,689,591.
Int. Cl. H04L 65/403 (2022.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/403 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1069 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
prior to initiation of an upcoming virtual meeting:
identifying one or more user accounts scheduled to participate in the upcoming virtual meeting;
selecting multiple client computer systems associated with the one or more user accounts to define a mesh, wherein the mesh comprises a first client computer system associated with a first user account for distributing one or more portions of a media stream of the upcoming virtual meeting and a second client computer system associated with a second user account for receiving the one or more portions of the media stream of the upcoming virtual meeting from the first client computer system;
instantiating a mesh instance according to the mesh; and
defining a contingency logic for applying one or more changes to the mesh instance prior to or after the initiation of the upcoming virtual meeting.