Patents by Inventor Alex Usbergo

Alex Usbergo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20170149854
    Abstract: There is provided a method comprising: allocating each user participating in a multi-user call to a first group, a second group, or a third group in dependence on a respective first priority associated with each user; causing a display to render image data representative of respective users in the first group in a primary area of the display and to render image data representative of respective users in the second group in a secondary area of the display, wherein users in a third group do not have image data rendered in either of the primary and secondary areas; and re-allocating each user participating in the multi-user call to the first group, the second group, or the third group in dependence on a respective second priority associated with each user, such that users immediately previously allocated to the third group are not re-allocated to the first group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Ben Dove, Mohammed Ladha, Lee Pethers, Hando Tint, Alex Usbergo
  • Patent number: 9628753
    Abstract: A device comprising: a display; an interface configured to exchange video data between the device and a network during a video call between a user of the device and at least one further user; a memory storing information identifying at least one display element each associated with one of the at least one further user; and a processor configured to run a client application operable during the call to: display received video in a first UI window on the display; detect the user navigating to a second UI window comprising one of the at least one display element; query the memory to determine a location for the display of the received video, and in response, display the second UI window and control the video received from the further user associated with the display element of the second user interface window to be displayed at a location of the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Alex Usbergo, Daniele Pizziconi, Andrew Clifford Wassyng
  • Publication number: 20160212374
    Abstract: A device comprising: a display; an interface configured to exchange video data between the device and a network during a video call between a user of the device and at least one further user; a memory storing information identifying at least one display element each associated with one of the at least one further user; and a processor configured to run a client application operable during the call to: display received video in a first UI window on the display; detect the user navigating to a second UI window comprising one of the at least one display element; query the memory to determine a location for the display of the received video, and in response, display the second UI window and control the video received from the further user associated with the display element of the second user interface window to be displayed at a location of the display element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Alex Usbergo, Daniele Pizziconi, Andrew Clifford Wassyng
  • Patent number: 9325942
    Abstract: A device comprising: a display; an interface configured to exchange video data between the device and a network during a video call between a user of the device and at least one further user; a memory storing information identifying at least one display element each associated with one of the at least one further user; and a processor configured to run a client application operable during the call to: display received video in a first UI window on the display; detect the user navigating to a second UI window comprising one of the at least one display element; query the memory to determine a location for the display of the received video, and in response, display the second UI window and control the video received from the further user associated with the display element of the second user interface window to be displayed at a location of the display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Alex Usbergo, Daniele Pizziconi, Andrew Clifford Wassyng
  • Publication number: 20150296179
    Abstract: A device comprising: a display; an interface configured to exchange video data between the device and a network during a video call between a user of the device and at least one further user; a memory storing information identifying at least one display element each associated with one of the at least one further user; and a processor configured to run a client application operable during the call to: display received video in a first UI window on the display; detect the user navigating to a second UI window comprising one of the at least one display element; query the memory to determine a location for the display of the received video, and in response, display the second UI window and control the video received from the further user associated with the display element of the second user interface window to be displayed at a location of the display element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Alex Usbergo, Daniele Pizziconi, Andrew Clifford Wassyng
  • Patent number: D828375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Pui See Priscilla Mok, Christopher Paul David Johnson, Marco Quiros Viquez, Carolina Sartorius, Daniel Lee, Alex Usbergo, Armando Miraglia
  • Patent number: D845977
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Pui See Priscilla Mok, Christopher Johnson, Marco Quiros Viquez, Daniel Lee, Armando Miraglia, Alex Usbergo, Carolina Sartorius
  • Patent number: D849767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Pui See Priscilla Mok, Christopher Johnson, Marco Quiros Viquez, Daniel Lee, Armando Miraglia, Alex Usbergo, Carolina Sartorius