公开(公告)号：US20240012550A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-11

申请号：US18191729

申请日：2023-03-28

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Cheng-min Lin ,  Walton Lin

IPC: G06F3/04847 ,  H04L51/02 ,  H04L65/403 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06T5/00 ,  G06T5/20 ,  G06F3/04815

CPC classification number: G06F3/04847 ,  H04L51/02 ,  H04L65/403 ,  G06F3/165 ,  G06T5/002 ,  G06T5/20 ,  G06F3/04815 ,  G06T2207/10016 ,  G06T2200/24

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing bot participants for virtual conferencing. The program and method provide, in association with designing a virtual space, a first interface for configuring plural participant video elements, each being assignable to a respective participant; receive, via the first interface, an indication of user input for setting first properties for the plural participant video elements; provide a second interface for configuring a bot participant for simulating an actual participant in association with a participant video element of the plural participant video elements; receive, via the second interface, an indication of second user input for setting second properties for the bot participant; and provide, in association with designing the virtual space, display of the virtual space based on the first and second properties, the bot participant being assigned to the participant video element.

公开(公告)号：US20230379491A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-23

申请号：US18230511

申请日：2023-08-04

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Sergey Demyanov ,  Andrew Cheng-min Lin ,  Walton Lin ,  Aleksei Podkin ,  Aleksei Stoliar ,  Sergey Tulyakov

IPC: H04N19/54 ,  H04N19/137 ,  H04N19/149 ,  H04N19/172 ,  H04L65/70 ,  G06N3/045

CPC classification number: H04N19/54 ,  H04N19/137 ,  H04N19/149 ,  H04N19/172 ,  H04L65/70 ,  G06N3/045

Abstract: Systems and methods herein describe a video compression system. The described systems and methods accesses a sequence of image frames from a first computing device, the sequence of image frames comprising a first image frame and a second image frame, detects a first set of keypoints for the first image frame, transmits the first image frame and the first set of keypoints to a second computing device, detects a second set of keypoints for the second image frame, transmits the second set of keypoints to the second computing device, causes an animated image to be displayed on the second computing device.

公开(公告)号：US20230336691A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-19

申请号：US18340450

申请日：2023-06-23

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Cheng-min Lin ,  Walton Lin

IPC: H04N7/15 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06F3/0482

CPC classification number: H04N7/157 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06T2200/24

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for configuring participant video feeds 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, via the interface, an indication of user input for setting properties for the plural participant video elements; provide, in association with virtual conferencing between plural participants, display of the room based on the properties for the plural participant video elements; and assign, for each of the plural participants, a participant video feed corresponding to the participant with a respective participant video element of the plural participant video elements.

公开(公告)号：US11784841B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US17856588

申请日：2022-07-01

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Maxwell Gale ,  Andrew Cheng-min Lin ,  Walton Lin

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04L12/18 ,  H04L65/4038

CPC classification number: H04L12/1831 ,  H04L12/1822 ,  H04L65/4038

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting 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 a reaction button which is selectable by the participant to indicate a reaction to the virtual conference; receive indication of selections of the reaction button by one or more of the plural participants; and in response to receiving the indication, provide, for each of the plural participants, display of reaction icons and audio output based on the selections, determine that a rate at which the selections were received meets a threshold rate, and provide, in response to the determining, for modified audio output associated with the selections.

公开(公告)号：US20230032922A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17963724

申请日：2022-10-11

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Cheng-min Lin ,  Walton Lin

IPC: H04L12/18

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for assigning participants to rooms within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide for accessing, in association with a virtual space comprising plural rooms for virtual conferencing between plural participants, room occupancy preferences for occupying the plural rooms; accessing metadata associated with one or more participants of the plural participants; assigning, based on the room occupancy preferences and the metadata, the plural participants to one or more rooms of the plural rooms; and providing, based on the assigning, for virtual conferencing between the plural participants within the one or more rooms.

公开(公告)号：US20220385490A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-01

申请号：US17839175

申请日：2022-06-13

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Cheng-min Lin ,  Walton Lin

IPC: H04L12/18 ,  H04N7/15 ,  H04L9/40 ,  G06F3/0482

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for administrator-based navigating of a participant between rooms. The program and method provide, to a first of plural participants, a first user interface for navigating a virtual space comprising plural rooms, the first user interface allowing the first participant to move the plural participants among the plural rooms; provide, to a second participant, a second user interface for navigating the virtual space, the second user interface allowing the second participant to move among the plural rooms while disallowing to move other participants among the plural rooms; receive an indication of user input via the first user interface, to move the second participant from a first room to a second room; and provide, in response to receiving the indication, for switching the second participant from the first to second room.

公开(公告)号：US20220321376A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17390630

申请日：2021-07-30

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Cheng-min Lin ,  Walton Lin

IPC: H04L12/18 ,  H04L29/06

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.

公开(公告)号：US20220321375A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17393235

申请日：2021-08-03

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Cheng-min Lin ,  Walton Lin

IPC: H04L12/18 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for mixing participant audio from multiple rooms within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a first room for virtual conferencing, display of a user interface for mixing participant audio from one or more second rooms into an audio channel for the first room; receive indication of user input via the user interface, the user input corresponding to settings for mixing the participant audio from the one or more second rooms; and provide, based on the settings and in association with virtual conferencing within the first room, for mixing the participant audio from one or more second rooms with respect to the audio channel for the first room.

公开(公告)号：US20220321373A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17391979

申请日：2021-08-02

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Cheng-min Lin ,  Walton Lin

IPC: H04L12/18

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing breakout sessions based on tagging users within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a virtual space for virtual conferencing between plural participants, display of a first user interface for assigning tags to the plural participants; receive indication of first user input, via the first user interface, assigning a tag to a subset of the plural participants; provide display of a second user interface for configuring a breakout session; receive indication of second user input, via the second user interface, setting properties for the breakout session including the tag and an identification of a room to associate with the tag; and provide for the breakout session in the room, the breakout session including at least the subset of the plural participants.

公开(公告)号：US20220321371A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17390659

申请日：2021-07-30

Applicant: Snap Inc.

Inventor： Andrew Cheng-min Lin ,  Walton Lin

IPC: H04L12/18 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing a room preview within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide for virtual conferencing between plural participants within a first room of plural rooms, the plural rooms being included within a virtual space for virtual conferencing; and for each of the plural participants, provide a first audio channel associated with audio output of the first room, provide display of a room preview element within the first room, the room preview element corresponding to a live preview of a second room of the plural rooms, and provide a second audio channel associated with audio output of the second room.