Presenting overview of participant reactions within a virtual conferencing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12289176-B2
Application number	US-202318506861-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 10, 2023
Priority date	Mar 30, 2021
Publication date	Apr 29, 2025
Grant date	Apr 29, 2025

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting an overview of participant reactions to a virtual conference. The program and method provide for a virtual conference between plural participants; provide, for each of the plural participants, display of reaction buttons which are selectable by the participant to indicate different reactions to the virtual conference; receive indication of selections of the reaction buttons by one or more of the plural participants; store an indication of the selections over time in association with recording the virtual conference; generate a graphical overview of reactions to the virtual conference based on the stored indication of the selections; and provide, for a first participant of the plural participants, display of the graphical overview.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
providing a virtual environment for a virtual interaction between plural participants;
providing, for each of the plural participants, display of reaction buttons which are selectable by the participant during the virtual interaction to indicate different reactions within the virtual environment;
receiving indication of selections of the reaction buttons over time by one or more of the plural participants;
generating a graphical overview of reactions within the virtual environment based on the selections; and
providing an interface element for a first participant of the plural participants and not for remaining participants of the plural participants, the interface element being user-selectable to display the graphical overview of reactions with respect to a recording of the virtual interaction, such that the graphical overview of reactions is based on the recording, and is only viewable by the first participant and not by the remaining participants.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first participant corresponds to a presenter within the virtual environment and remaining participants of the plural participants correspond to attendees within the virtual environment.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the graphical overview is a timeline indicating the different reactions within the virtual environment over time.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the timeline is user-selectable by the first participant, to initiate playback of a recording of the virtual environment at a user-selected point in time.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the different reactions include two or more of applauding, laughing, agreeing, disagreeing and feeling happy, each of which is indicated by one of the reaction buttons.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual environment comprises plural rooms, and
wherein the graphical overview is provided with respect to a first room of the plural rooms.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing, for each of the plural participants, display of a participant video element which corresponds to the participant and which includes a video feed for the participant.

8. A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, configure the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
providing a virtual environment for a virtual interaction between plural participants;
providing, for each of the plural participants, display of reaction buttons which are selectable by the participant during the virtual interaction to indicate different reactions within the virtual environment;
receiving indication of selections of the reaction buttons over time by one or more of the plural participants;
generating a graphical overview of reactions within the virtual environment based on the selections; and
providing an interface element for a first participant of the plural participants and not for remaining participants of the plural participants, the interface element being user-selectable to display the graphical overview of reactions with respect to a recording of the virtual interaction, such that the graphical overview of reactions is based on the recording, and is only viewable by the first participant and not by the remaining participants.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first participant corresponds to a presenter within the virtual environment and remaining participants of the plural participants correspond to attendees within the virtual environment.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the graphical overview is a timeline indicating the different reactions within the virtual environment over time.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the timeline is user-selectable by the first participant, to initiate playback of a recording of the virtual environment at a user-selected point in time.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the different reactions include two or more of applauding, laughing, agreeing, disagreeing and feeling happy, each of which is indicated by one of the reaction buttons.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the virtual environment comprises plural rooms, and
wherein the graphical overview is provided with respect to a first room of the plural rooms.

14. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:
providing, for each of the plural participants, display of a participant video element which corresponds to the participant and which includes a video feed for the participant.

15. 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 a virtual environment for a virtual interaction between plural participants;
providing, for each of the plural participants, display of reaction buttons which are selectable by the participant during the virtual interaction to indicate different reactions within the virtual environment;
receiving indication of selections of the reaction buttons over time by one or more of the plural participants;
generating a graphical overview of reactions within the virtual environment based on the selections; and
providing an interface element for a first participant of the plural participants and not for remaining participants of the plural participants, the interface element being user-selectable to display the graphical overview of reactions with respect to a recording of the virtual interaction, such that the graphical overview of reactions is based on the recording, and is only viewable by the first participant and not by the remaining participants.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the first participant corresponds to a presenter within the virtual environment and remaining participants of the plural participants correspond to attendees within the virtual environment.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the graphical overview is a timeline indicating the different reactions within the virtual environment over time.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the timeline is user-selectable by the first participant, to initiate playback of a recording of the virtual environment at a user-selected point in time.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the different reactions include two or more of applauding, laughing, agreeing, disagreeing and feeling happy, each of which is indicated by one of the reaction buttons.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the virtual environment comprises plural rooms, and
wherein the graphical overview is provided with respect to a first room of the plural rooms.

Assignees

• Snap Inc

Inventors

• Lin Andrew Cheng-Min
• Lin Walton

Classifications

• H04L65/4038

  with floor control · 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

• H04L12/1827

  Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation · CPC title

• H04L12/1831 Primary

  Tracking arrangements for later retrieval, e.g. recording contents, participants activities or behavior, network status · CPC title

• H04N7/155 Primary

  involving storage of or access to video conference sessions (tracking arrangements for later retrieval of a computer conference content or participants activities H04L12/1831) · CPC title