Patents Examined by Melur Ramakrishnaiah
  • Patent number: 11863907
    Abstract: A conferencing system for conferencing between multiple local conferees within a first conference space and at least a first remote conferee located remotely from the first conference space includes an emissive surface located within the first conference space for generating at least first and second video representations of the remote conferee and at least a first processor for driving the emissive surface to simultaneously present at least the first and second video representations on the emissive surface. The first video representation shows the remote conferee from a first perspective and the second video representation shows the remote conferee from a second, different perspective. The first video representation is observable from within a first viewing zone and not within a second viewing zone within the conference space, and the second video representation is observable from within the second viewing zone and not within the first viewing zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen E. Goetzinger
  • Patent number: 11863906
    Abstract: One example method for sharing content across videoconferencing sub-meetings includes establishing a videoconferencing session including a main meeting and a first sub-meeting, transmitting, from a first client, a content to be displayed over a data stream in the main meeting, transmitting, from a second client, a request to subscribe to the data stream over which the content is transmitted, and responsive to the request to subscribe to the data stream, receiving the content to be displayed in the first sub-meeting simultaneously with the content displayed in the main meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Lin Han, Nitasha Walia
  • Patent number: 11863904
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device and an operation method of the electronic device, and the electronic device may include a communication circuit configured to transmit or receive data using a call channel established via a call connection with an external electronic device, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to receive at least some packets of a first plurality of packets of a first frame via the call channel, to identify whether a lost packet is present in the first plurality of packets of the first frame, and to determine, based on the result of the identification, whether to perform frame rate conversion (FRC) based on the first frame and a second frame corresponding to a second plurality of packets received after the reception of the at least some packets. In addition, various other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeyoung Jun, Yongtae Kim, Taewon Do, Hoonjae Lee
  • Patent number: 11856327
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, including: receiving, by the computing device, connecting device data from a connecting device associated with a participant of the video conference, wherein the connecting device data includes an audio quality data and a device connectivity data; determining, by the computing device, a conferencing readiness score based on the connecting device data; determining, by the computing device, the conferencing readiness score does not meet a threshold score; determining, by the computing device, an ameliorative action configured to raise the conferencing readiness score to meet the threshold score; and providing, by the computing device, the ameliorative action to the connecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KYNDRYL, INC.
    Inventors: Brian M. O'Connell, Mike John Lyons, Zachary A. Silverstein, Jeremy R. Fox
  • Patent number: 11856145
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating, monitoring, and managing a breakout conference for a conference call are disclosed. The methods determine topics for breakout rooms and their complexity scores. A breakout room is created for the topics, including separate breakout rooms for complex topics. An expertise score based on a plurality of factors for each device associated with a participant is also calculated. Devices are assigned to separate breakout rooms based on either just the expertise score or if the expertise score meets the threshold of the complexity score. Performance within the breakout rooms is displayed in real-time, such as in a graph. A moderator schedule is generated based the performance within the breakout rooms, where priority is given to a breakout room that has a negative performance over a breakout room with a positive performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah, Poovarasan Chitravel, Pawan Nagdeve, Gudimetla Baby, Sambeet Burma, Gyanveer Singh, Cato Yang
  • Patent number: 11854027
    Abstract: Techniques are described for a video survey. One method includes providing a video survey to a customer or a potential customer of a service, sale, product, or system. The video survey may be provided before, during, or after a provided service. In some cases, the customer or the potential customer may provide one or more responses to one or more requests included in the video survey. The video survey may record the one or more responses to the one or more requests. In some examples, the provided responses may be a video response, an audio response, a tactile response, or any combination thereof. The video survey may proceed or conclude based on the response being a positive response or a negative response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: VIVINT, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Gee, David Jones, Rastislav Nukovic
  • Patent number: 11849253
    Abstract: A transmitter device applied to a conference system is disclosed. The conference system further includes a receiver device. The receiver device wirelessly receives an image signal transmitted by the transmitter device, and a display coupled to the receiver device displays the image signal. The transmitter device includes a memory storing an identity information corresponding to an authority of the transmitter device. When the transmitter device is coupled to an information processing device, the transmitter device transmits the identity information to the information processing device. An application driver of the information processing device determines the authority of the transmitter device according to the identity information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: BENQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Pu Lin, Chen-Chi Wu, Chia-Nan Shih, Chin-Fu Chiang, Jung-Kun Tseng, Chuang-Wei Wu
  • Patent number: 11848975
    Abstract: A source device provides, during a conference, shared data from the source device participating in the conference to one or more destination devices participating in the conference. The source device receives a representation of a download progress of the shared data at the one or more destination devices. A presenter device prompts a user of the presenter device to select a presentation time of the shared data based on the download progress. The presenter device is the source device or one of the one or more destination devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Shane Paul Springer
  • Patent number: 11849256
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically concealing sensitive information in a shared screen session of a video conference are disclosed. The system may establish communication with one or more computing devices active in a video conference in which each computing device may switch between a screen share mode and a video mode. The system may determine that one or more articles of sensitive information are visible in a graphical user interface associated with a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices. The system may receive a first signal from the first computing device that indicates a first intent of a host associated with the first computing device to switch the screen share mode which includes sharing the first graphical user interface with the one or more computing devices during the video conference. In response to the first signal, the system may execute one or more privacy actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Anh Truong, Reza Farivar, Jeremy Edward Goodsitt, Kate Key, Vincent Pham, Galen Rafferty, Austin Walters
  • Patent number: 11849255
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The device can display a live video communication user interface of a live video communication application that includes participant affordances corresponding to participants. In response to detecting an input that corresponds to a request to initiate a process of starting a new live communication session, the device can: in accordance with the input corresponding to selection of the first participant affordance, initiate a process of starting a new live communication session that includes a group of three or more participants; and in accordance with the input corresponding to selection of the new session affordance, initiate a process for selecting two or more participants and start a new live communication session that includes a participant associated with the device and the selected participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Van Os, Lee S. Broughton, Peter Callaway, Pablo F. Caro, Jae Woo Chang, Allison Dryer, Craig M. Federighi, Robert Garcia, Stephen O. Lemay, John Louch, Hoan Pham, Alan C. Dye, Nicholas V. King
  • Patent number: 11848969
    Abstract: This application provides a data processing method and apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and an electronic apparatus. The method includes the following steps: A server obtains stream control signaling transmitted by an interface machine, the interface machine being configured to obtain, from the server, audio and video data to be transmitted to a client. The server obtains, in response to the stream control signaling, a first transmission rate from the server to the interface machine. The server transmits audio data to the interface machine if the first rate is less than a first predetermined threshold, and discards video data in the same GOP as the audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Rencheng Hu
  • Patent number: 11848968
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of capturing devices and a plurality of displaying devices. The capturing devices and the displaying devices can be communicatively connected to a server. The server can receive captured data from the capturing devices and transform the data into a digitized format. At least one of the capturing devices can record a video during a meeting and the capturing device can transmit the captured video to the server as a video feed. The video feed can show an area that includes handwritten text, e.g., a whiteboard. The server can receive the video feed from the capturing device and perform various processes on the video. For example, the server can perform a voice recognition, text recognition, handwriting recognition, face recognition and/or object recognition technique on the captured video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Gaurang Bhatt, Negar Kalbasi
  • Patent number: 11843899
    Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for obtaining an audio stream from a microphone of a first participant of an audio and video conference between at least the first participant and a second participant; detecting, in the audio stream, a sound trigger that is noise generated by the first participant and filtered from the audio stream by a noise cancellation filter; in response to detecting the sound trigger, muting a transmission of the audio stream to the second participant; and while muting the transmission of the audio stream to the second participant, receiving a verbal command from the first participant that is used to control a digital or virtual assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Mihailo Kolundzija, Rafal Pilarczyk
  • Patent number: 11843898
    Abstract: User interface (UI) tiles of conference participants are arranged in a UI of conferencing software according to relative locations of those conference participants within a conference room. Positional information and video data are obtained from one or more video capture devices located within a conference room. Relative locations of conference participants within the conference room are determined based on the positional information, such as by defining coordinates for the conference participants within a coordinate system based on the positional information and the video data and determining the relative locations based on the coordinates. Output configured to cause a client application to arrange UI tiles associated with the conference participants is generated according to the relative locations. The output is then transmitted to one or more client devices to cause a UI of conferencing software at each of those client devices to display the UI tiles in the specified arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Bao Quoc Hoang, Cynthia Eshiuan Lee, Jeffrey William Smith, Chi-chian Yu
  • Patent number: 11842092
    Abstract: A video conference system server that manages a video conference performed by using a plurality of communication terminals. When data is uploaded, based on an instruction from a first user using a first communication terminal as one of the plurality of communication terminals, from the first communication terminal, the uploaded data is downloaded based on an instruction from a second user using a second communication terminal, to the second communication terminal. A print completion notification of the uploaded data is received from the second communication terminal. When the print completion notification is received, a message that the second user has completed printing of the uploaded data is displayed on a screen of the video conference of a communication terminal, out of the plurality of communication terminals, which is used by a notification destination user, set in advance, out of participants of the video conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takuya Ushinohama
  • Patent number: 11838677
    Abstract: An electronic device, computer program product, and method are provided that autonomously switch between first and second image streams of two image capturing devices during a video communication session, reducing data transmission and display size requirements for recipients. A controller of the electronic device identifies a person in the first image stream and identifies a writing surface in the second image stream. In response to determining that the person is not attending to the writing surface, the controller communicates, to at second electronic device(s) during the video communication session, at least a first portion of the first image stream that focusses on a face of the person. In response to determining that the person is attending to the writing surface, the controller communicates at least a second portion of the second image stream that focusses on the writing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Rahul B Desai, Bill Ryan
  • Patent number: 11836417
    Abstract: A system, method, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for a group music sharing session during a video conference. A video conference may be displayed on a user interface of one or more endpoint devices. A group music sharing session may be initiated with two or more members of the video conference. Participants of the group music sharing sessions may select one or more songs. The selected songs and music information may be retrieved from a multimedia server. A playlist comprising the selected songs may be generated and displayed on the user interface of the endpoint devices of the participants. A participant may select a song from the playlist. The selected song may be played simultaneously on the endpoint devices of the participants. The music information may be displayed on the user interface of the endpoint devices of the participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Kevin M. Nathanson
  • Patent number: 11838685
    Abstract: Video conferencing in a controlled environment facility entails significant security concerns. These concerns are even more prevalent in a system that permits residents of such facilities to communicate via their own personal devices. Therefore, in order to alleviate these concerns and provide a secure system in which a resident is able to make video calls using their personal device, a kiosk unit is provided to which the personal device must be linked for completing a video call. When making the video call, the camera and display on the personal device are disabled, and all video data is captured and displayed by the kiosk unit. The link between the kiosk unit and the personal device facilitates the exchange of the image information for transmission to the outside party, or display to the user. By providing a fixed camera, and disabling the personal device camera, security can be maintained while permitting video calling services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Global Tel*Link Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen L. Hodge, Anthony Bambocci
  • Patent number: 11838338
    Abstract: A method and device for conference control and conference participation, server, terminal, and storage medium are disclosed. The conference control method may include: acquiring conference bitstream of a current conference; performing, in response to extracting three-dimensional resource identification information from the conference bitstream, a three-dimensional resource matching in a preset three-dimensional resource repository based on the three-dimensional resource identification information; and transmitting, in response to matching a target three-dimensional resource corresponding to the three-dimensional resource identification information in the three-dimensional resource repository, the target three-dimensional resource to a three-dimensional resource processing terminal of a conference participating terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhijian Hao, Yaofeng Tu, Jingsheng Zhu, Dan Guan, Junjun Mei, Zhidong Zhao, Jun Chen
  • Patent number: 11829681
    Abstract: A system, method, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for a group music sharing session during a video conference. A video conference may be displayed on a user interface of one or more endpoint devices. A group music sharing session may be initiated with two or more members of the video conference. Participants of the group music sharing sessions may select one or more songs. The selected songs and music information may be retrieved from a multimedia server. A playlist comprising the selected songs may be generated and displayed on the user interface of the endpoint devices of the participants. A participant may select a song from the playlist. The selected song may be played simultaneously on the endpoint devices of the participants. The music information may be displayed on the user interface of the endpoint devices of the participation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Kevin M. Nathanson