Streaming data processing for hybrid online meetings

A server in an online meeting platform having a first computing device located in a conference room and a second plurality of remote computing devices remote from the conference room interconnected to the server via a computer network, the server comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory operatively coupled to the processor, the memory containing instructions executable by the processor to cause the computing device to:
• receive a video stream captured by a camera of the first computing device located in the conference room, the video stream capturing images of multiple local participants of an online meeting that also has a plurality of remote participants joining the online meeting via the computer network using the second plurality of remote computing devices;
• receive a plurality of video streams captured by cameras of the second plurality of remote computing devices, the plurality of video streams including a first remote video stream associated with a first remote participant and a second remote video stream associated with a second remote participant;
• upon receiving the video stream captured by the camera of the first computing device located in the conference room,
• determine identities of the captured images of the multiple local participants in the received video stream using meeting information of the online meeting;
• and
• generate, based on the received video stream from the first computing device, a set of individual video streams each corresponding to one of the multiple local participants and associate the generated set of individual video streams with the determined identities of the multiple local participants;
• transmit, to a first remote computing device associated with the first remote participant, the generated set of individual video streams and the second remote video stream;
• and
• transmit, to a second remote computing device associated with the second remote participant, the generated set of individual video streams and the first remote video stream.

A method of streaming data processing in an online meeting platform having a remote server, a first computing device located in a conference room, and a second plurality of remote computing devices remote from the conference room interconnected via a computer network, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the remote server, a video stream captured by a camera of the first computing device located in the conference room, the video stream selectively capturing images of a first local participant from a plurality of local participants based on detected speech from the local participant;
• receiving, at the remote server, a plurality of video streams captured by cameras of the second plurality of remote computing devices, the plurality of video streams including a first remote video stream associated with a first remote participant and a second remote video stream associated with a second remote participant;
• transmitting, to a first remote computing device associated with the first remote participant, the video stream captured by the camera of the first computing device and the second remote video stream;
• and
• transmitting, to a second remote computing device associated with the second remote participant, to a second remote computing device associated with the second remote participant, the generated set of individual video streams and the first remote video stream.