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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2022
Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Dennis Paul Rubery, Pittsford, NY (US);
Shane Paul Springer, Oregon City, OR (US);
Chi-chian Yu, San Ramon, CA (US);
Zoom Video Communications, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for aggregation and distribution of diverse multimedia feeds are provided herein. In an aspect, a method including establishing, by a video conference provider, a virtual meeting having a plurality of participants is provided. Each participant joined to the virtual meeting may use a respective client device to exchange one or more audio or video streams via the virtual meeting. The method may also include receiving, from a first client device, a request to share a multimedia stream from an external source with one or more of the client devices during the virtual meeting. Responsive to the request, the method may include receiving a connection to the multimedia stream from the external source and transmitting, by the video conference provider, the multimedia stream from the external source to the one or more client devices via the virtual meeting.