Google Inc.

Stefan Lindmark

James Michael McCollum

Daniel Petersson

Artem Vladimirovich Titarenko

Systems and methods for determining video streams for presentation in a user interface (UI) of a video conference are provided. In response to a request of a first user of a video conference platform to participate in video conference, a user priority list associated with the first user is accessed. The user priority list identifies a plurality of users of the video conference platform. Participants of the video conference are identified. The participants include the first user associated with a first client device of client devices of the participants of the video conference. A UI presenting video streams from client devices of at least a subset of the participants is provided for display on the first client device. presentation of each of the video streams in the UI depends on whether a respective participant of the at least the subset of the participants is included in the user priority list.

Providing video streams for presentation in a user interface of a video conference based on a user priority list

Systems and methods for generating a 3D effect for a video stream are provided. A first video stream from a first client device of a first participant of a virtual meeting and a second video stream from a second client device of a second participant of the virtual meeting is identified. A background and a foreground layer of the first video stream is determined. A first and a second eye position of the second participant of the second video stream are determined. A presentation position of the background layer relative to the foreground layer is determined based on movement between the first and the second eye position of the second participant of the second video stream. A UI presenting the first video stream reflecting the determined presentation position of the background layer relative to the foreground layer is provided for display on the second client device.

Generating a three-dimensional effect of a video stream

Systems and methods for interactive playback of a video conference are provided. A request is received for a playback of a video conference between a plurality of participants of a plurality of client devices that each generated one of a plurality of source video streams, where each source video stream was presented during a live stream of the video conference according to a particular layout in a user interface (UI) on a first client device of the plurality of client devices. Playback of the video conference is caused at a second client device, wherein causing playback of the video conference comprises transmitting, to a second client device, each source video stream of the plurality of source video streams for visual rendering according to the particular layout in a UI on the second client device; and capturing a first set of user interaction events associated with one or more time points during playback of the video conference, wherein each user interaction event of the first set is visually rendered at a corresponding time point during playback of the video conference.

Interactive playback of a video conference

Systems and methods for hosting a teleconference are disclosed herein. The method can include receiving, by a server, a request from a connected participant device to transition from a non-interactive slot to an interactive slot of the teleconference and moving, by the server, the connected participant device from the non-interactive slot to a buffer slot. The method can also include determining, by the server, a longest-inactive participant device among one or more participant devices currently occupying interactive slots; removing, by the server, the longest-inactive participant device from an associated interactive slot; and moving, by the server, the connected participant device from the buffer slot to the associated interactive slot.

Dynamic participant device management for hosting a teleconference

A computing system and method that can be used for a video conferencing system including a watchdog to ensure that all data associated with the video conference is encrypted from end-to-end. In particular, aspects of the present disclosure provide a secure and private approach to conducting remote meetings. For example, the watchdog can monitor the data associated with the video conference, ranging from call setup data to video image and audio data transmitted from one or more client computing devices. In particular, the present disclosure provides a method for ensuring that the video conference data is protected by using multiple steps and monitoring the video conference data while the video conference is ongoing such that remedial measures can be taken immediately when a breach in security is determined.

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Östhammar, Sweden

Stefan Lindmark