US 12,483,676 B2
Providing a door for a room within a virtual conferencing system
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 Sep. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/954,083.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/250,941, filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0101879 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 7/15 (2006.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 7/157 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04815 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
providing for virtual conferencing between plural participants within a room of a virtual space, the room being assigned a door for entry by an additional participant into the room,
wherein the plural participants include a first participant who designed the room and has administrative privileges, and the plural participants further include second participants without administrative privileges;
causing, for each of the plural participants, display of a door icon which is user-selectable for locking and for closing the door assigned to the room, the door assigned to the room being lockable or closable by any of the first participant and the second participants, such that locking or closing of the door does not require administrative privileges,
wherein locking the door corresponds with prohibiting the additional participant from entering the room, and
wherein closing the door corresponds with requiring the additional participant to knock on the door before entering the room;
receiving indication of user selection, by at least one of the plural participants via the door icon, to close or lock the door assigned to the room;
in response to the receiving,
causing display of a first notification for each of the plural participants, the first notification indicating that the door assigned to the room has been closed or locked, and
storing the indication of the user selection; and
causing, based on the stored indication and in response to a request by the additional participant to enter the room, display of a second notification for the additional participant, the second notification indicating that the door assigned to the room is closed or locked.