公开(公告)号：US11611606B1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-21

申请号：US16586700

申请日：2019-09-27

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： John Joseph Dunne ,  Siddhartha Shankara Rao ,  Tobias DiPasquale ,  Michael Klingbeil ,  Justin Rowe

IPC: H04L65/80 ,  H04L65/403 ,  H04L67/52

Abstract: This disclosure describes selecting the best hosting server(s) in a particular geographical location for the majority of participants in an interactive electronic activity. A request for an electronic interactive activity involving a plurality of nodes is received. At least one factor related to a plurality of potential servers is evaluated with respect to the plurality of nodes, where at least two of the plurality of potential servers are located in different geographical locations. Based at least in part on evaluating the factors, one or more of the potential servers is selected to host the electronic interactive activity, where the one or more of the potential servers selected are located in the same geographical location.

公开(公告)号：US11196963B1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US17118080

申请日：2020-12-10

Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Tobias DiPasquale ,  Siddhartha Shankara Rao ,  John Joseph Dunne ,  Ivan Marcin ,  Richard Newman ,  Eric D. Cox

IPC: H04N7/15 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: Implementations for combining a plurality of content based on instructions for a layout of a video conference are described. A video conference is established between a plurality of devices of participants of the video conference. First content is received from a device of the plurality of devices in the established video conference. Second content is also received. Instructions for a layout of the first content and the second content during the video conference is received. Based on the instructions for the layout, the first content and the second content are combined into a composite video stream. The composite video stream is saved or transmitted.