US 12,021,715 B2
Integrated network testing for virtual conferencing
Russell Charles Hearn, Dallas, TX (US); and Nicholas Alexander Sieracki, Sylmar, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/874,864.
Prior Publication US 2024/0039812 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 43/08 (2022.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 43/20 (2022.01); H04L 43/50 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 43/08 (2013.01) [H04L 43/20 (2022.05); H04L 43/50 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01); H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04L 12/1827 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a network test engine of a conference client application executed by a client device, a test script including instructions for testing the conference client application, the network test engine being dynamically installable into the conference client application, wherein the network test engine is configured to test the conference application in accordance with the test script;
testing, by the network test engine, the conference client application by following the instructions in the test script, wherein testing the conference client application involves:
accessing, by the network test engine, network functionality of the conference client application;
initiating, by the network test engine via the conference client application, the network functionality of the conference client application based on the test script;
monitoring, by the network test engine, one or more parameters of network communications employed by the network functionality, the network communications being between the conference client application and a virtual conference provider; and
providing, by the network test engine, an indication of network communications status based on the monitored one or more parameters.