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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Annie Tang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benoît de Boursetty, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure describe video playback in group communications. A method includes receiving a request for a video from a messaging application providing a group communication comprising messages, instructing a first client device to display a graphical representation of a video in a user interface (UI) of the messaging application, the first client device associated with a first user participating in the group communication with other users, receiving first user input comprising a selection of the graphical representation of the video in the UI during the group communication, responsive to the first user input, initiating playback of the video in a video playback portion of the UI, allowing input, via the UI, of other messages for the group communication during playback of the video, and maintaining the video playback portion of the UI visible to the first user while the first user scrolls through the messages of the group communication.