US 11,784,841 B2
Presenting participant reactions within a virtual conferencing system
Maxwell Gale, New York, NY (US); Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Long Island City, NY (US); and Walton Lin, Chatham, NJ (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/856,588.
Application 17/856,588 is a continuation of application No. 17/390,564, filed on Jul. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,381,411.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/168,057, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0407735 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 65/4038 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/1831 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); H04L 65/4038 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
providing for a virtual conference between plural participants;
providing, for each of the plural participants, display of a reaction button which is selectable by the participant to indicate a reaction to the virtual conference;
receiving indication of selections of the reaction button by one or more of the plural participants; and
in response to receiving the indication,
providing, for each of the plural participants, display of reaction icons based on the selections,
determining that a rate at which the selections were received meets a threshold rate, and
providing, in response to the determining, for display of supplemental images which are separate from the reaction icons and which are associated with the selections.