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Assigning participants to rooms within a virtual conferencing system

US11489684B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 2021
Grant dateNov 1, 2022
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L12/1822
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

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.

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