Patent ID: 9268398
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: enabling, by a virtual meeting computer, a virtual meeting comprising online interaction among a plurality of meeting participants; periodically generating, by the computer, an interaction reward icon for display on a first user interface of a first user in the plurality of meeting participants, wherein the interaction reward icon is randomly displayed for a temporary duration, wherein selecting the interaction reward icon results in an increase in a user interaction rating, wherein a plurality of user interfaces comprises the first user interface; in response to the generating the interaction reward icon, displaying the interaction reward icon; receiving, by the computer and from the first user, a selection of the displayed interaction reward icon; in response to the receiving the selection, increasing, by the computer, the user interaction rating associated with the first user; receiving, by the virtual meeting computer, a scan request via a scan control of the first user interface, wherein the scan request includes a request to search for a subset of meetings related to a first topic and a meeting within the subset of meetings where certain multiple participants exist; and while iterating, by the virtual meeting computer and based upon the scan request, through a plurality of active meetings, wherein the iterating comprises providing first audio data associated with a first meeting to a user device of the first user for a predetermined period of time and, in response to the first predetermined period of time expiring, providing second audio data associated with a second meeting to the user device of the first user for the predetermined period of time, continuing to periodically generate the interaction reward icon.