Zoom Video Communications, Inc.

Zoom Communications, Inc.

Sally Lu

Archil Vardidze

Oded Gal

Sharvari Nerurkar

Amanda Naomi Etheridge

Ping Luo

Andrew Law

Zheng Yuan

Methods and systems provide for a spatial chat view dashboard within a messaging platform. A system displays, at a client device, a dashboard user interface for a messaging platform, consisting of at least a dashboard virtual background and one or more spatial chat rooms. Each of the spatial chat rooms is a spatial representation of a chat session associated with a number of participants. The system receives, from the client device, a selection of a spatial chat room from the one or more spatial chat rooms. The system then displays a spatial chat user interface comprising the selected spatial chat room.

Spatial chat

Example methods and systems for providing notifications of unread messages is provided. A client device detects an input action proximate to a folder created by a recipient user account. The folder includes one or more online chats. The one or more online chats includes at least one unread message. The client device provides a notification relating to the at least one unread message in the one or more online chats in the folder. The notification includes at least one online chat identity that correspond to at least one online chat of the one or more online chats including the at least one unread message. The client device receives a selection of a first online chat identity that corresponds to a first online chat within the folder. Based on the selection of the first online chat identity, the client device provides access to corresponding unread messages in the first online chat.

User initiated notifications for chat sections

Methods and systems provide for a spatial chat view within a messaging platform. First, the system displays, for a number of participants within a messaging session, a user interface consisting of: a virtual background; one or more spatialized avatars representing the participants overlaid on the virtual background; and a message composing component. The system displays, adjacent to each of a subset of the spatialized avatars, one or more chat bubbles corresponding to messages sent by one or more of the participants represented by the subset of the spatialized avatars. Concurrently or subsequently, the system determines an availability status for each of the plurality of participants, and then displays, within or adjacent to each of the spatialized avatars, a visual indicator of the availability status of the participant represented by the spatialized avatar.

Spatial chat view

Methods and systems provide for a spatialized display of chat messages within a messaging platform. First, the system displays, for each of a number of participants within a messaging session, a spatial chat user interface (hereinafter 'UI') consisting of: a virtual background; and one or more spatialized avatars representing the participants. The system receives initial chat messages sent by a participant from the plurality of participants, then displays, adjacent to each of a subset of the spatialized avatars, one or more initial chat bubbles corresponding to messages sent by one or more of the participants represented by the subset of the spatialized avatars. Concurrently or subsequently, the system displays one or more other participant chat bubbles. The system receives additional chat messages sent by the participant, and then displays the additional chat bubbles, repositioning the initial chat bubbles while the additional chat bubbles are displayed in their place.

Spatialized display of chat messages

Various embodiments of an apparatus, method(s), system(s) and computer program product(s) described herein are directed to a Folder Engine. The Folder Engine detects a hover action initiated by a recipient user account proximate to a folder created by the recipient user account. Based on detecting the hover action, the Folder Engine displays one or more notifications that correspond to one or more online chats selected by the recipient user account to be organized in the folder. The Folder Engine receives a selection from the recipient user account of a first notification that corresponds to a first online chat within the folder. Based on the selection of the first notification, the Folder Engine initiates access of the first online chat by the recipient user account.

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Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Sally Lu