Providing contact information within a virtual conferencing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12185028-B2
Application number	US-202217954932-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2022
Priority date	Sep 30, 2021
Publication date	Dec 31, 2024
Grant date	Dec 31, 2024

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing contact information. The program and method provide for providing for virtual conferencing between plural participants within a room included within a virtual space; providing, for each of the plural participants in the room, display of a participant video element which corresponds to the participant and which includes a user-selectable button for sending contact information to the participant; receiving a first indication of a user selection, by a first participant of the plural participants, of the user-selectable button corresponding to a second participant of the plural participants; receiving, in response to receiving the first indication, a second indication that the second participant authorizes viewing contact information of first participant; and providing, in response to receiving the second indication, the contact information of the first participant for viewing by the second participant.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
providing for virtual conferencing between plural participants within a room, the room being included within a virtual space for virtual conferencing;
providing display of a participant video element for each of the plural participants in the room, wherein each participant video element includes a video feed of a respective participant of the plural participants, and wherein each participant video element further includes a user-selectable button for sending contact information to the respective participant;
receiving a first indication of a user selection, by a first participant of the plural participants, of the user-selectable button corresponding to a second participant of the plural participants;
receiving, in response to receiving the first indication, a second indication that the second participant authorizes viewing contact information of first participant; and
providing, in response to receiving the second indication, the contact information of the first participant for viewing by the second participant.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, prior to receiving the second indication, a request to a device associated with the first participant, the request for the first participant to authorize sending of the contact information to the second participant.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, prior to receiving the second indication, a request to a device associated with the second participant, the request for the second participant to authorize viewing of the contact information for the first participant.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing, prior to receiving the first indication and for each of the plural participants, an interface for the participant to submit respective their contact information for sending to other participants.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the contact information of the first participant comprises providing a contact card corresponding to the first participant to a device associated with the second participant.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the contact card is configured to be downloaded and saved by the second participant.

7. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to perform operations comprising:
providing for virtual conferencing between plural participants within a room, the room being included within a virtual space for virtual conferencing;
providing display of a participant video element for each of the plural participants in the room, wherein each participant video element includes a video feed of a respective participant of the plural participants, and wherein each participant video element further includes a user-selectable button for sending contact information to the respective participant;
receiving a first indication of a user selection, by a first participant of the plural participants, of the user-selectable button corresponding to a second participant of the plural participants;
receiving, in response to receiving the first indication, a second indication that the second participant authorizes viewing contact information of first participant; and
providing, in response to receiving the second indication, the contact information of the first participant for viewing by the second participant.

8. The system of claim 7 , the operations further comprising:
sending, prior to receiving the second indication, a request to a device associated with the first participant, the request for the first participant to authorize sending of the contact information to the second participant.

9. The system of claim 7 , the operations further comprising:
sending, prior to receiving the second indication, a request to a device associated with the second participant, the request for the second participant to authorize viewing of the contact information for the first participant.

10. The system of claim 7 , the operations further comprising:
providing, prior to receiving the first indication and for each of the plural participants, an interface for the participant to submit respective their contact information for sending to other participants.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein providing the contact information of the first participant comprises providing a contact card corresponding to the first participant to a device associated with the second participant.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the contact card is configured to be downloaded and saved by the second participant.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
providing for virtual conferencing between plural participants within a room, the room being included within a virtual space for virtual conferencing;
providing display of a participant video element for each of the plural participants in the room, wherein each participant video element includes a video feed of a respective participant of the plural participants, and wherein each participant video element further includes a user-selectable button for sending contact information to the respective participant;
receiving a first indication of a user selection, by a first participant of the plural participants, of the user-selectable button corresponding to a second participant of the plural participants;
receiving, in response to receiving the first indication, a second indication that the second participant authorizes viewing contact information of first participant; and
providing, in response to receiving the second indication, the contact information of the first participant for viewing by the second participant.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:
sending, prior to receiving the second indication, a request to a device associated with the first participant, the request for the first participant to authorize sending of the contact information to the second participant.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:
sending, prior to receiving the second indication, a request to a device associated with the second participant, the request for the second participant to authorize viewing of the contact information for the first participant.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:
providing, prior to receiving the first indication and for each of the plural participants, an interface for the participant to submit respective their contact information for sending to other participants.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein providing the contact information of the first participant comprises providing a contact card corresponding to the first participant to a device associated with the second participant.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the contact card is configured to be downloaded and saved by the second participant.

Assignees

• Snap Inc

Inventors

• Lin Andrew Cheng-Min
• Lin Walton

Classifications

• H04N7/152

  Multipoint control units therefor · CPC title

• H04L12/1822

  Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission · CPC title

• G06T19/20

  Editing of three-dimensional [3D] images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts · CPC title

• H04N7/147

  Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q) · CPC title

• H04N7/157 Primary

  defining a virtual conference space and using avatars or agents (computer conference optimisation or adaptation H04L12/1827) · CPC title