Patent ID: 11882381
Assignee: GLOBAL IMPORTS L.L.C.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method for sharing data streams in a virtual collaboration environment, the computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, at a server, a user video data stream from a first user device associated with a first user for the virtual collaboration environment for display to a plurality of other participants in the virtual collaboration environment;
receiving, at the server, a user screen sharing data stream from the first user device for display to the plurality of other participants in the virtual collaboration environment;
for each individual participant of the plurality of other participants:
providing to the first user device, via the server, a participant video data stream, a participant screen sharing data stream, and identification information and a control toolbar status of the individual participant received from a participant user device associated with the individual participant, wherein:
the participant screen sharing data stream allows the first user to monitor a screen of the participant user device associated with the individual participant,
the participant video data stream, the participant screen sharing data stream, and the identification information and the control toolbar status of the individual participant are configured for simultaneous display with each other participant video data stream, participant screen sharing data stream, and the identification information and the control toolbar status from the plurality of other participants at the first user device; and

simultaneous with the providing to the first user device, providing to the individual participant, via the server, a display of the user video data stream and the user screen sharing data stream from the first user device;
wherein the control toolbar status includes an indication of whether the individual participant is muted, whether the individual participant is sharing video, and whether the individual participant has raised a hand.