US 12,088,638 B2
Systems and methods for a webinar backstage
Kathleen Lucille Adams, Overland Park, KS (US); John Beckmann, San Francisco, CA (US); Annika Elias, Seattle, WA (US); and Pankaj Prasad, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Zoom Video Communications, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/514,553.
Prior Publication US 2023/0138534 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 65/1066 (2022.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); H04L 65/403 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/1066 (2013.01) [H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a first client device of a plurality of client devices, webinar access information for a webinar, wherein:
the plurality of client devices comprises:
one or more presenting client devices outputting a first set of audio and video streams; and
one or more attendee client devices outputting undistributed audio and video streams; and
the webinar comprises:
a webinar mainstage characterized by the first set of audio and video streams being accessible by the plurality of client devices; and
a webinar backstage characterized by a second set of audio and video streams accessible by a subset of the one or more presenting client devices;
identifying the first client device based on the webinar access information;
transmitting, to the first client device, webinar backstage access information;
transmitting to the first client device:
the first set of audio and video streams; and
the second set of audio and video streams;
receiving, from the first client device, a first video stream and a first audio stream; and
transmitting the first video stream and the first audio stream to the subset of the one or more presenting client devices.