Patent ID: 11943516
Assignee: HYTTO PTE. LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  A | IPC A  H

Claim 16:
17. A non-transient computer readable medium containing program instructions for causing a computer to perform a method for participating in a live broadcast, comprising:
running an application on a first viewer device;
using the running application to access a live broadcast that is being streamed by a streaming platform within an associated broadcast room, the live broadcast being accessible by a second viewer device that is not using the application and a third viewer device that is using the application;
monitoring, by the application running on the first viewer device, an operating instruction issued by a user of the first viewer device; and
controlling, by the application running on the first viewer device, an operation of an interactive element associated with the broadcast room that is not managed by the streaming platform, based on the monitored operating instruction, the operation of the interactive element being observable only to devices using the application, including the third viewer device and not being observable to devices not using the application, including the second viewer device,
wherein the application manages the running of the interactive element but is not associated with the streaming platform.