US 12,034,552 B2
Scheduled synchronous multimedia collaboration sessions
Vineeth John Abraham, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/960,599.
Prior Publication US 2024/0121124 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/1818 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1069 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions configurable to cause at least one processor to perform a method of scheduling a scheduled event within an existing synchronous multimedia collaboration session of a group-based communication system, the method comprising:
generating the existing synchronous multimedia collaboration session within the group-based communication system, the existing synchronous multimedia collaboration session facilitating at least one of audio communications or video communications between members of the group-based communication system within the existing synchronous multimedia collaboration session;
receiving, via an event scheduling interface, a start time selection indicating a start time at which the scheduled event is to begin within the existing synchronous multimedia collaboration session and a duration selection indicating a time duration for the scheduled event within the existing synchronous multimedia collaboration session;
joining a plurality of users to the existing synchronous multimedia collaboration session within a channel of the group-based communication system at the start time indicated by the start time selection; and
automatically causing the plurality of users to be disconnected from the existing synchronous multimedia collaboration session after expiration of the time duration indicated by the duration selection.