Patent ID: 11863335
Assignee: ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
establishing, by a video conference provider, a first chat channel for exchanging chat messages between a plurality of client devices;
receiving, by the video conference provider, an indication to generate a first spotlight card within the first chat channel, wherein the indication identifies spotlight content from a first resource external to the first chat channel;
generating, by the video conference provider, the first spotlight card identifying the spotlight content wherein generating the first spotlight card comprises:
accessing the first resource external to the first chat channel;
identifying the spotlight content responsive to the indication to generate the first spotlight card; and
generating the first spotlight card based on the spotlight content from the first resource external to the first chat channel; and

transmitting, by the video conference provider to one or more of the client devices connected to the first chat channel, the first spotlight card for display within a spotlight panel within the first chat channel, the spotlight panel positioned proximate to a chat messaging panel comprising chat messages posted to the first chat channel.