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US 2023/0412413 A1Published application
Management of user's incoming images in videoconference sessions
OwnerViktor Kaptelinininventor
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The present invention teaches methods and software, intended to help a participant in an online meeting to understand other participants more efficiently. According to one embodiment of the invention, a user of videoconferencing technology may choose the size of the panes, displayed in a window and showing information about meeting participants. According to another embodiment of the invention, meeting participant panes may be spatially arranged in a window, and the spatial structures or layouts are substantially the same for all participants in the meeting. According to yet another embodiment, a participant in a meeting, who shares a content through using a “screen share” feature, may choose including an image of the screen-shared content to the participant's self-view, which self-view is preferably displayed in a floating window when the participant switches to a computer application, different from the videoconferencing application at hand.
A method is provided for supporting a plurality of users using a plurality of electronic devices to engage in a videoconference session (i.e., “virtual meeting”, “videoconference session” and“virtual meeting” are used here interchangeably), said plurality of users comprises at least a first user and a second user, and said plurality of electronic devices comprises at least a first device and a second device, wherein said first user uses said first device and said second user uses said second device, wherein the first device and at least a second device in said plurality of devices comprise at least a processor, a display, said display displaying an at least a display window, a microphone, and a video camera configured to be able to capture an image of the first user of said first device, wherein said plurality of devices are connected via a communication network to one another and preferably to a network server or servers, wherein said display window of at least said first electronic device comprises a plurality of meeting participant panes (thereafter, “panes”), each pane in said plurality of panes being a graphical screen object displaying information about a user from said plurality of users, the method comprising the method steps of
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause a first electronic device, said first device comprising at least a processor, a memory storage, a display, a microphone, and a video camera, said device being connected via a communication network to a plurality of electronic device used by a plurality of users taking part in a videoconference session and connected to a network server or servers, said first electronic device adapted to show, in a display window of said display of said first device, a plurality of meeting participant panes (thereafter, “panes”), said panes being graphical screen objects displaying information about at users from said plurality of users, and preferably also about user of said first device, to perform functions of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.