VIRTUAL MEETING LOBBY FOR WAITING FOR ONLINE EVENT

摘要

A host device can establish a date and time for an online event such as a movie and send invitations out to join viewing the movie to, e.g., friends on a social network. Accepting friends, along with the host, can enter a theater page prior to the start time to view thumbnails of related recommended movies and can also enter a lobby page to chat and view who else has been invited to attend the movie.

主权项

1. Device, comprising:
a computer processor; a display controlled by the processor; and a computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions which when executed by the processor to cause the processor to: present on the display a first user interface (UI) presenting a selector element which when selected provides an option to host, at a later time, an audio video event online; present on the display date and time entry elements enabling a user to select a date and time the event is desired to start; present on the display an invitee entry element enabling a user to enter invitees to the event; send to the invitees event information along with an invitation to access the event online at the date and time date; configure the device to access a lobby page on a computer network also accessible to accepting invitees, the lobby page including images of accepting invitees who also are viewing the lobby page, the lobby page including an image representing the event, the lobby page indicating a countdown to the time the event is desired to start, the lobby page also including a chat window facilitating computer chat among viewers of the lobby page.