Patent ID: 9294725
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: identifying, using one or more computing devices, a status designation for each of a plurality of user devices configured for participation in a video communication and providing the video communication for viewing on spectator devices, wherein the status designation is at least one of an active status and an inactive status; first connecting a subset of the plurality of user devices with the active status for participation in the video communication and permitting viewing of the video communication on the spectator devices; restricting input into the video communication from one or more user devices with the inactive status, until a designated entity changes the inactive status to active status for each of the one or more user devices designated with the inactive status; and providing a group chat mode for communication flow among the one or more user devices with the active status and the one or more user devices with the inactive status, wherein communication in the group chat mode is screened for viewing by the spectator devices.