Configuring broadcast media quality within a virtual conferencing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12199784-B2
Application number	US-202217953979-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2022
Priority date	Sep 30, 2021
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for configuring broadcast media quality within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a room for virtual conferencing, an interface for configuring plural participant video elements which are assignable to respective participant video feeds; receive an indication of user input for setting a broadcast media quality for a first participant video element, such that the broadcast media quality set for the first participant video element differs from that set for a second participant video element; provide for presentation of the room based on the broadcast media quality set for each of the first and second participant video elements; and assign, for each participant, a participant video feed corresponding to the participant with a respective participant video element of the plural participant video elements.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
providing, in association with designing a room for virtual conferencing, an interface for configuring plural participant video elements which are assignable to respective participant video feeds,
wherein, for each of the plural participant video elements, the interface presents
a list of predefined broadcast media quality values for setting a respective broadcast media quality value for the participant video element,
an audio mute toggle to enable or disable audio for the participant video element, an audio volume selector to set an audio volume for the participant video element, and
a show audio indicator toggle to display or omit display of an audio indicator for the participant video element during virtual conferencing;

receiving, via the interface, an indication of first user input for selecting, from the set of predefined broadcast media quality values, the respective broadcast media quality value for a first participant video element of the plural participant video elements, such that the respective broadcast media quality value selected for the first participant video element differs from that selected for a second participant video element of the plural participant video elements;
receiving, via the interface, an indication of second user input selecting to display the audio indicator for the first participant video element and to omit display of the audio indicator for the second participant video element during virtual conferencing;
providing, based on the first user input and the second user input, for presentation of the room based on the respective broadcast media quality value selected for each of the first and second participant video elements, and for displaying the first participant video element and omitting display of the audio indicator for the second participant video element during virtual conferencing; and
assigning, for each participant of the plural participants, a participant video feed corresponding to the participant with a respective participant video element of the plural participant video elements.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective broadcast media quality value selected for the first participant video element is greater than that selected for the second participant video element.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the respective broadcast media quality value selected for the second participant video element corresponds to a default broadcast media quality.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective broadcast media quality value selected for the first participant video element is greater than those selected for all other participant video elements of the plural participant video elements.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective broadcast media quality value selected for each of the first and second participant video elements corresponds to at least one of broadcast video quality or broadcast audio quality.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing, prior to providing for presentation of the room, the respective broadcast media quality value selected for the first participant video element in association with the room.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, via the interface, an indication of third user input for setting properties for the plural participant video elements.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the assigning is performed automatically based on the properties set for the plural participant video elements.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the assigning is performed manually, via user selection by one or more of the plural participants, based on the properties set for the plural participant video elements.

10. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to perform operations comprising:
providing, in association with designing a room for virtual conferencing, an interface for configuring plural participant video elements which are assignable to respective participant video feeds,
wherein, for each of the plural participant video elements, the interface presents
a list of predefined broadcast media quality values for setting a respective broadcast media quality value for the participant video element,
an audio mute toggle to enable or disable audio for the participant video element, an audio volume selector to set an audio volume for the participant video element, and
a show audio indicator toggle to display or omit display of an audio indicator for the participant video element during virtual conferencing;

receiving, via the interface, an indication of first user input for selecting, from the set of predefined broadcast media quality values, the respective broadcast media quality value for a first participant video element of the plural participant video elements, such that the respective broadcast media quality value selected for the first participant video element differs from that selected for a second participant video element of the plural participant video elements;
receiving, via the interface, an indication of second user input selecting to display the audio indicator for the first participant video element and to omit display of the audio indicator for the second participant video element during virtual conferencing;
providing, based on the first user input and the second user input, for presentation of the room based on the respective broadcast media quality value selected for each of the first and second participant video elements, and for displaying the first participant video element and omitting display of the audio indicator for the second participant video element during virtual conferencing; and
assigning, for each participant of the plural participants, a participant video feed corresponding to the participant with a respective participant video element of the plural participant video elements.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the respective broadcast media quality value selected for the first participant video element is greater than that selected for the second participant video element.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the respective broadcast media quality value selected for the second participant video element corresponds to a default broadcast media quality.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the respective broadcast media quality value selected for the first participant video element is greater than those selected for all other participant video elements of the plural participant video elements.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the respective broadcast media quality value selected for each of the first and second participant video elements corresponds to at least one of broadcast video quality or broadcast audio quality.

15. The system of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:
storing, prior to providing for presentation of the room, the respective broadcast media quality value selected for the first participant video element in association with the room.

16. The system of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:
receiving, via the interface, an indication of third user input for setting properties for the plural participant video elements.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the assigning is performed automatically based on the properties set for the plural participant video elements.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the assigning is performed manually, via user selection by one or more of the plural participants, based on the properties se

Assignees

• Snap Inc

Inventors

• Lin Andrew Cheng-Min
• Lin Walton

Classifications

• H04L12/1827 Primary

  Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation · CPC title

• H04N7/157

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

• H04L12/1822 Primary

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