US 11,855,796 B2
Presenting overview of participant reactions 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 Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/390,630.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/168,063, filed on Mar. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0321376 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. 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)] 18 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 reaction buttons which are selectable by the participant to indicate different reactions to the virtual conference;
receiving indication of selections of the reaction buttons by one or more of the plural participants;
storing an indication of the selections over time in association with recording the virtual conference;
providing, for a first participant of the plural participants, display of a user-selectable interface element for presenting a graphical overview of reactions to the virtual conference, while automatically omitting display of the user-selectable interface element with respect to remaining participants of the plural participants;
generating, in response to user selection of the user-selectable interface element, the graphical overview of reactions to the virtual conference based on the stored indication of the selections; and
providing, for the first participant of the plural participants, display of the graphical overview, while automatically omitting display of the graphical overview with respect to remaining participants of the plural participants.