Patent ID: 11948253
Assignee: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method of creating a virtual event by an event organizer of an event and presenting the virtual event to an event attendee, the method comprising:
creating (i) a stage supporting a presentation from a presenter to a virtual attendee and (ii) a plurality of booths supporting different presentations of live event participants that are physically present at the event and virtual event participants that are physically absent from the event, wherein the presentation is further presented to a plurality of in-person attendees at an event venue;
receiving, by the virtual attendee, a selection of the stage for viewing the presentation;
presenting a video of the presentation in real time to the virtual attendee;
communicatively connecting the virtual attendee for broadcast of the virtual attendee to at least one in-person attendee of the plurality of in-person attendees; and
providing credits to an account of the virtual attendee based on a number of tracked interactions the virtual attendee has with the stage, one or more of the plurality of booths, and the at least one in-person attendee, wherein the credits provide discounted access to future events, the presenter, or other attendees of the event.