Patent ID: 11949723
Assignee: ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
instantiating a virtual whiteboard during a video conference controlled by a host device, the virtual whiteboard including a first page configured to output first visual content and a second page configured to output second visual content to displays of participant devices connected to the video conference;
moving the first page to a first breakout room associated with the video conference and the second page to a second breakout room associated with the video conference, wherein access to the first page within the first breakout room is limited to a first group of one or more of the participant devices connected to the first breakout room and the host device, and wherein access to the second page within the second breakout room is limited to a second group of one or more of the participant devices connected to the second breakout room and the host device;
linking the first page individually with a first group of participants and linking the second page individually with a second group of participants, and moving the first page with the first group of participants individually and moving the second page with the second group of participants individually;
ending the first breakout room and the second breakout room;
combining the first page from the first breakout room with the second page from the second breakout room to form combined pages after the first breakout room and second breakout room are ended; and
propagating the combined pages to the virtual whiteboard in a main meeting room so that the combined pages are displayed to all of the participant devices connected to the video conference, wherein at least some of the participant devices are located remote from other of the participant devices.