Zoom Video Communications, Inc.

Shawn Michael Rolin

Brendan James Ittelson

Graeme Lambourne Geddes

One example method for controlling online meeting attendance includes obtaining meeting information associated with a meeting, the meeting information comprising a meeting identifier; receiving, by a video conferencing system from a client device, a request to join the meeting, the request comprising the meeting identifier; receiving a user identifier corresponding to a user; accessing a set of guest identifiers corresponding to a plurality of meeting guests invited to the meeting; determining that the user is a meeting guest of the plurality of meeting guests based on the user identifier and a correspondence to a guest identifier of the set of guest identifier, wherein the user identifier is not in the set of guest identifiers; and responsive to determining that the user is a meeting guest of the plurality of meeting guests, connecting the client device to the meeting.

Verifying user identities for admission to video conferences

Cloud-connected wireless screen extension is performed to facilitate a screen share of content using a virtual display instantiated based on a connection between a first device and a second device. A virtual display is instantiated at a first device associated with a conference participant of a video conference based on a connection established between the first device and a second device. A screen share of first content during the video conference is then facilitated from the first device via the second device using the virtual display while second content excluded from the screen share is output at a display of the first device. In this way, the second device can be adapted as an additional (e.g., extended) display available for screen sharing content from the first device during a video conference.

Virtual display instantiation for video conference content screen sharing

Interactions with objects depicted within video streams displayed during a video conference are detected to cause information associated with the interacted objects to be presented. During a video conference, multiple video layers of a video stream obtained from a first participant device connected to the video conference are identified. An interaction with an object within one of those multiple video layers is detected during the video conference, in which the interaction is from a second participant device connected to the video conference. Based on the interaction, information associated with the object is presented during the video conference within a graphical user interface associated with the video conference. The video stream may, for example, initially include a background layer, a foreground layer, and an overlay layer. Interactive video layers corresponding to each of those initial layers may be introduced to receive interactions with objects depicted therein.

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Saratoga, CA, United States of America

Shawn Michael Rolin