Producing and viewing publically viewable video-based group conversations

摘要

A system and method for producing a publically viewable video-based group conversation for viewing over a network. The system is configured to generate a display at a first user computer which includes a plurality of sections in a single screen display, including at least a preview section configured for displaying an indicator for each of one or more viewers who are viewing the video-based conversation, and a media player section configured for displaying a video signal including at least some of the video feeds. The creator of the publically viewable video-based group conversation controls which users can participate in the publically viewable video-based group conversation by enabling video streams provided by those users to be displayed on the screen and viewable to other users who access the group conversation.

主权项

1. A system for producing a publically viewable video-based group conversation for transmission over a network, comprising:
one or more processors; and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
receive, at a server, a request from a first user at a first user computing device to create a publically viewable video-based group conversation to be displayed on a website publically accessible by any user via the network;transmit instructions to the first user computing device in response to the request from the first user, wherein the instructions, when executed by the first user computing device, will enable a user interface to be displayed on a display of the first user computing device, the user interface having a plurality of sections including:
i) at least a preview section configured for displaying an indicator for each of one or more viewers who are viewing the video-based conversation, andii) a media player section configured for playing at least one of a first audio feed and a first video feed from the first user computing device and at least one of a second audio feed and a second video feed from a second user computing device, and;receive, by the server, the at least one of the first audio feed and the first video feed from the first user computing device;receive, by the server, the at least one of the second audio feed and the second video feed from the second user computing device;enable the first video feed from the first user computing device to be displayed on the user interface on the first user computing device and on the publically accessible website; andenable the second audio feed and/or the second video feed from the second user computing device to be transmitted to the user interface on the first user computing device when the first user selects the second user to join in the publically viewable video-based conversation; andenable the second audio feed and/or the second video feed to be displayed simultaneously with the first video feed and the first audio feed on the user interface of the first user computing device and on the publically accessible website in response to selection of the second user by the first user.