Patents by Inventor John Carl Kennedy

John Carl Kennedy 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: 20240137388
    Abstract: Customers of a software platform, such as a unified communications as a service platform, are enabled to control their own encryption keys used to encrypt and decrypt data from various communication services in the software platform. A key broker server is employed to map encryption and decryption requests from servers in the platform to key management servers of customers based on user identifiers. Examples of data encrypted may include conference recordings, webinar recordings, phone call recordings, voicemails, emails, and calendar tokens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: John Carl Kennedy, Prasanna Kumar Malaiyandi, Martin Josef Pagel, Karthik Raman, Jan Zila
  • Publication number: 20240137211
    Abstract: Customers of a software platform, such as a unified communications as a service platform, are enabled to control their own encryption keys used to encrypt and decrypt data from various communication services in the software platform. A key broker server is employed to map encryption and decryption requests from servers in the platform to key management servers of customers based on user identifiers. Examples of data encrypted may include conference recordings, webinar recordings, phone call recordings, voicemails, emails, and calendar tokens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: John Carl Kennedy, Prasanna Kumar Malaiyandi, Martin Josef Pagel, Karthik Raman, Jan Zila
  • Patent number: 11966883
    Abstract: A server determines, during a conference implemented using conferencing software and based on stored data associated with two or more users participating in the conference, that the two or more users are accessing the conferencing software from separate user devices located in separate areas of an office premises. The server determines, by accessing stored conference room scheduling data of the office premises, that a conference room within the office premises is available for use by the two or more users. The server transmits, to each of the separate user devices, a prompt recommending that the two or more users further participate in the conference using a shared device configured to access the conferencing software within the conference room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: John Carl Kennedy, Shane Paul Springer
  • Patent number: 11915201
    Abstract: A server determines, during a conference implemented using conferencing software and based on stored data associated with two or more users participating in the conference, that the two or more users are accessing the conferencing software from separate user devices located in separate areas of an office premises. The server determines, by accessing stored conference room scheduling data of the office premises, that a conference room within the office premises is available for use by the two or more users. The server transmits, to each of the separate user devices, a prompt recommending that the two or more users further participate in the conference using a shared device configured to access the conferencing software within the conference room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: John Carl Kennedy, Shane Paul Springer
  • Publication number: 20230334431
    Abstract: A server determines, during a conference implemented using conferencing software and based on stored data associated with two or more users participating in the conference, that the two or more users are accessing the conferencing software from separate user devices located in separate areas of an office premises. The server determines, by accessing stored conference room scheduling data of the office premises, that a conference room within the office premises is available for use by the two or more users. The server transmits, to each of the separate user devices, a prompt recommending that the two or more users further participate in the conference using a shared device configured to access the conferencing software within the conference room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: John Carl Kennedy, Shane Paul Springer
  • Publication number: 20230334430
    Abstract: A server determines, during a conference implemented using conferencing software and based on stored data associated with two or more users participating in the conference, that the two or more users are accessing the conferencing software from separate user devices located in separate areas of an office premises. The server determines, by accessing stored conference room scheduling data of the office premises, that a conference room within the office premises is available for use by the two or more users. The server transmits, to each of the separate user devices, a prompt recommending that the two or more users further participate in the conference using a shared device configured to access the conferencing software within the conference room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: John Carl Kennedy, Shane Paul Springer