Patent ID: 11871153
Assignee: nan
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for managing a graphic user interface (GUI) for a virtual conference call, the method comprising the steps of:
(A) providing a plurality of user accounts managed by at least one remote server, wherein each user account is associated with a corresponding personal computing (PC) device;
(B) providing at least one virtual conference session managed by the remote server, wherein the virtual conference session includes a plurality of attendee accounts and a pointer assembly, and wherein the attendee accounts are designated from the plurality of user accounts, and wherein the attendee accounts include a host account and at least one participant account, and wherein the pointer assembly includes a main pointer, a primary slot, and at least one secondary slot;
(C) receiving a feed video from each attendee account with the corresponding PC device;
(D) initially displaying the feed video of the host account within the primary slot and the feed video of the participant account within the secondary slot during the virtual conference session;
(E) prompting the participant account to graphically click on the primary slot with the corresponding PC device in order to switch the feed video of the participant account into the primary slot;
(F) displaying the feed video of the participant account within the primary slot and the feed video of the host account within the secondary slot during the virtual conference session, if the primary slot is graphically clicked by the participant account;
(G) enabling control of the main pointer with the corresponding PC device of the host account during the virtual conference session, if the feed video of host account is displayed within the primary slot;
(H) enabling control of the main pointer with the corresponding PC device of the participant account during the virtual conference session, if the feed video of the participant account is displayed within the primary slot; and
graphically arranging a plurality of secondary slots in an arc about the primary slot or in a line originating from the primary slot during the virtual conference session, if the at least one participant account is a plurality of participant accounts, and if the at least one secondary slot is the plurality of secondary slots, and wherein the arc is graphically arranged adjacent to the primary slot, offset from the main pointer, and wherein a plurality of session slots includes the primary slot and the plurality of secondary slots, and wherein the feed video of each attendee account is displayed within a corresponding slot from the plurality of session slots.