SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVE BROADCASTING

• US 20180034874A1
• Filed: 08/01/2016
• Published: 02/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cornell, Alex Douglas
• Granted Patent: US 10,535,177 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/18 for broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/475 End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can provide an interface that includes a first region and a second region, wherein a live content stream being accessed is presented in the first region, and wherein one or more feedback options for interacting with the live content stream are presented in the second region. A determination is made that at least one user accessing the live content stream has selected a feedback option in response to the live content stream. At least one visual feature corresponding to the selected feedback option is displayed in the first region in which the live content stream is being presented.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

providing, by a computing device, an interface that includes a first region and a second region, wherein a live content stream being accessed is presented in the first region, and wherein one or more feedback options for interacting with the live content stream are presented in the second region;

determining, by the computing device, that at least one user accessing the live content stream has selected a feedback option in response to the live content stream; and

causing, by the computing device, at least one visual feature corresponding to the selected feedback option to be displayed in the first region in which the live content stream is being presented.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein causing at least one visual feature corresponding to the selected feedback option to be displayed in the first region further comprises:

determining, by the computing device, that the user is a social connection of a user operating the computing device in a social networking system; and

causing, by the computing device, the visual feature to be presented in the first region based at least in part on a first type of animation.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the first type of animation is a firework animation in which the visual feature is animated to resemble an exploding firework while being navigated across the first region of the interface along a first motion trajectory.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the visual feature initially corresponds to an avatar of the user that selected the feedback option.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein, while being navigated along the first motion trajectory, the visual feature is transitioned from the avatar to an icon corresponding to the selected feedback option.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein causing at least one visual feature corresponding to the selected feedback option to be displayed in the first region further comprises:

determining, by the computing device, that the user is not a social connection of a user operating the computing device in a social networking system; and

causing, by the computing device, the visual feature to be presented in the first region based at least in part on a second type of animation.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the second type of animation is a wind animation in which the visual feature is navigated across the first region of the interface along a second motion trajectory.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, that a user broadcasting the live content stream has interacted with the visual feature through a computing device being operated by the broadcasting user; and

causing, by the computing device, a visual acknowledgement for the visual feature to be displayed in the first region in which the live content stream is being presented.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining, by the computing device, that at least one second user accessing the live content stream has selected a second feedback option in response to the live content stream; and

causing, by the computing device, at least one visual feature corresponding to the second feedback option to also be displayed in the first region in which the live content stream is being presented.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the feedback option is one of a like option or a reaction from a set of reaction options.

11. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform;

providing an interface that includes a first region and a second region, wherein a live content stream being accessed is presented in the first region, and wherein one or more feedback options for interacting with the live content stream are presented in the second region;

determining that at least one user accessing the live content stream has selected a feedback option in response to the live content stream; and

causing at least one visual feature corresponding to the selected feedback option to be displayed in the first region in which the live content stream is being presented.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein causing at least one visual feature corresponding to the selected feedback option to be displayed in the first region further causes the system to perform:

determining that the user is a social connection of a user operating the computing device in a social networking system; and

causing the visual feature to be presented in the first region based at least in part on a first type of animation.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the first type of animation is a firework animation in which the visual feature is animated to resemble an exploding firework while being navigated across the first region of the interface along a first motion trajectory.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the visual feature initially corresponds to an avatar of the user that selected the feedback option.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein, while being navigated along the first motion trajectory, the visual feature is transitioned from the avatar to an icon corresponding to the selected feedback option.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method comprising:

providing an interface that includes a first region and a second region, wherein a live content stream being accessed is presented in the first region, and wherein one or more feedback options for interacting with the live content stream are presented in the second region;

determining that at least one user accessing the live content stream has selected a feedback option in response to the live content stream; and

causing at least one visual feature corresponding to the selected feedback option to be displayed in the first region in which the live content stream is being presented.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein causing at least one visual feature corresponding to the selected feedback option to be displayed in the first region further causes the computing system to perform:

determining that the user is a social connection of a user operating the computing device in a social networking system; and

causing the visual feature to be presented in the first region based at least in part on a first type of animation.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the first type of animation is a firework animation in which the visual feature is animated to resemble an exploding firework while being navigated across the first region of the interface along a first motion trajectory.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the visual feature initially corresponds to an avatar of the user that selected the feedback option.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein, while being navigated along the first motion trajectory, the visual feature is transitioned from the avatar to an icon corresponding to the selected feedback option.