US 11,997,426 B1
System and method for generating a personalized virtual stage
Max Greenwald, Denver, CO (US); Carina Boo, Hayward, CA (US); Alan Zhao, Denver, CO (US); Valeria Yermakova, Denver, CO (US); Scott O'Connor, Spokane, WA (US); and Zack Zeyu, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Warmly, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed by Warmly, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/867,610.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/223,458, filed on Jul. 19, 2021.
Int. Cl. H04N 7/15 (2006.01); G06F 16/335 (2019.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/157 (2013.01) [G06F 16/337 (2019.01); H04N 5/272 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for generating a dynamic virtual stage for presentation during a video conference, comprising:
collecting one or more items of participant personal information about a first conference participant; wherein the personal information include a participant name, participant title information, a participant logo, participant pronoun preference information, participant name pronunciation information, participant geographical location information, personal interest information, participant image indicia, participant contact information, participant biographical, participant demographic, participant occasion information or a combination thereof each being associated with the first conference participant,
defining a boundary of the virtual stage and disposing at least one of the collected items of participant personal information at respective positions within the boundary via a processing circuit associated with the first conference participant;
wherein the dynamic virtual stage is updated to include an arrival message for a newly-arrived conference participant;
changing the position of one or more selected items of the first participant personal information to accommodate the arrival message preventing all the one or more selected items from being obscured by a dynamic visual image of the first conference participant;
and
transmitting the virtual stage with the dynamic visual image of the first conference participant from the processing circuit to a distal display system associated with a second conference participant and a second distal display system associated with a third conference participant for presentation during the video conference,
wherein the processing circuit is configured to dynamically update the virtual stage by updating the collected items of participant personal information disposed on the virtual stage and to transmit the updated virtual stage with the dynamic visual image of the first conference participant to the distal display system and the second distal display system for presentation during the video conference.