Patents by Inventor Jordan Thiel
Jordan Thiel 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).
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Publication number: 20240155074Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media relate to a method for head tracking for video communications in a virtual environment. The system may provide a video conference session in a virtual environment. The system may provide a digital representation of the video conference participant in the virtual environment. The system may display one or more views of the virtual environment in the video conference. The system may track movement of the video conference participant to generate user movement information and may display movement of the video conference participant on the digital representation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventor: Jordan Thiel
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Patent number: 11968476Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media relate to a method for casting from a virtual environment to a video communications platform. The system may provide a video conference session in a video conference application. A connection may be established between the video conference application and a VR or AR device. The video conference application may receive 2D video content from the VR or AR device. The 2D video content may comprise a view of a virtual environment. The video conference application may stream the 2D video content in the video conference session.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.Inventor: Jordan Thiel
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Patent number: 11910132Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media relate to a method for head tracking for video communications in a virtual environment. The system may provide a video conference session in a virtual environment. The system may provide a digital representation of the video conference participant in the virtual environment. The system may display one or more views of the virtual environment in the video conference. The system may track movement of the video conference participant to generate user movement information and may display movement of the video conference participant on the digital representation.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.Inventor: Jordan Thiel
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Publication number: 20230341993Abstract: Digital representations of video conference participants are displayed in a virtual environment. A user input indicative of a virtual location of the virtual environment is received with respect to one of the digital representations. The one of the digital representations is moved to a new location in the virtual environment based on the user input. A video stream is updated to display the virtual environment from the new location. In an example, an interactive view of the virtual environment that is capable of receiving user input is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventor: Jordan Thiel
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Publication number: 20230325417Abstract: Content items are rearranged within a digital collaboration space (e.g., a digital whiteboard) based on category metadata determined for the content items using one or more learning models. The content items are added to the digital collaboration space by one or more users. For each of the content items, category metadata is determined using a learning model that processes information associated with the content item. A rearrangement of the content items is determined based on the category metadata determined for each of the content items. The content items, rearranged according to the rearrangement, are then output to a layer of the digital collaboration space. Other rearrangements of the content items can be determined based on non-category metadata associated with the content items, and the content items, rearranged according to those other rearrangements, can be output to other layers of the digital collaboration space.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Raghavendra Bhagavatha, Alicia Kepner, Stephen Newton, Ihor Shadko, Jeffrey William Smith, Jordan Thiel
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Patent number: 11785060Abstract: Content-aware device selection is performed for modifying content elements in digital collaboration spaces. A content element, such as a text box or drawing space, is detected within a digital collaboration space based on input received from a first device of a first device type. A second device type to use to modify the content element is determined based on a content type of the content element. One or more devices of that second device type which are authenticated to access the digital collaboration space are identified. At least one of those authenticated devices are then prompted for input to use to modify the content element. The content element is then modified within the digital collaboration space based on the input received from at least one of those prompted devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.Inventors: Cynthia Eshiuan Lee, Jeffrey William Smith, Jordan Thiel
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Publication number: 20230300179Abstract: Content-aware device selection is performed for modifying content elements in digital collaboration spaces. A content element, such as a text box or drawing space, is detected within a digital collaboration space based on input received from a first device of a first device type. A second device type to use to modify the content element is determined based on a content type of the content element. One or more devices of that second device type which are authenticated to access the digital collaboration space are identified. At least one of those authenticated devices are then prompted for input to use to modify the content element. The content element is then modified within the digital collaboration space based on the input received from at least one of those prompted devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Cynthia Eshiuan Lee, Jeffrey William Smith, Jordan Thiel
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Publication number: 20230269348Abstract: Access to functionality of a software service is enabled at a first device associated with a user based on the first device being in a primary mode. A connection may thereafter be established between the software service and a second device associated with the same user. In response to that connection, access to a subset of the functionality of the software service is limited at the second device based on the second device being in a secondary mode determined based on the second device. Because the first device and the second device are used by the same user, the software service does not represent those devices as separate users of the software service, but rather identifies only the first device, as the primary mode device, in connection with the user to other users of the software service.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Cynthia Eshiuan Lee, Jeffrey William Smith, Jordan Thiel
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Patent number: 11733826Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media relate to a method for virtual environment interactivity for video communications participants. The system may provide a video conference session in a virtual environment. The system may provide a digital representation of a video conference participant in the virtual environment. The system may display an interactive view. The system may move the digital representation in the virtual environment based on input received in the interactive view.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.Inventor: Jordan Thiel
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Patent number: 11720604Abstract: Content items are rearranged within a digital collaboration space (e.g., a digital whiteboard) based on category metadata determined for the content items using one or more learning models. The content items are added to the digital collaboration space by one or more users. For each of the content items, category metadata is determined using a learning model that processes information associated with the content item. A rearrangement of the content items is determined based on the category metadata determined for each of the content items. The content items, rearranged according to the rearrangement, are then output to a layer of the digital collaboration space. Other rearrangements of the content items can be determined based on non-category metadata associated with the content items, and the content items, rearranged according to those other rearrangements, can be output to other layers of the digital collaboration space.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.Inventors: Raghavendra Bhagavatha, Alicia Kepner, Stephen Newton, Ihor Shadko, Jeffrey William Smith, Jordan Thiel
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Patent number: 11677906Abstract: Access to functionality of a software service is enabled at a first device associated with a user based on the first device being in a primary mode. A connection may thereafter be established between the software service and a second device associated with the same user. In response to that connection, access to a subset of the functionality of the software service is limited at the second device based on the second device being in a secondary mode determined based on the second device. Because the first device and the second device are used by the same user, the software service does not represent those devices as separate users of the software service, but rather identifies only the first device, as the primary mode device, in connection with the user to other users of the software service.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.Inventors: Cynthia Eshiuan Lee, Jeffrey William Smith, Jordan Thiel
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Publication number: 20230138434Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media relate to a method for extracting a user representation from a video stream to a virtual environment. The system may provide a video conference session in a virtual environment. The system may receive a video stream of a video conference participant. The system may extract a portion of the video stream depicting the video conference participant and generate a digital representation of the video conference participant based on the extracted video portion. The digital representation may comprise 2D or 3D representations. The system may provide the digital representation in the virtual environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventor: Jordan Thiel
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Publication number: 20230136915Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media relate to a method for casting from a virtual environment to a video communications platform. The system may provide a video conference session in a video conference application. A connection may be established between the video conference application and a VR or AR device. The video conference application may receive 2D video content from the VR or AR device. The 2D video content may comprise a view of a virtual environment. The video conference application may stream the 2D video content in the video conference session.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventor: Jordan Thiel
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Publication number: 20230137265Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media relate to a method for providing dynamic camera views in a virtual environment. The system may provide a video conference session in a virtual environment. The system may provide a plurality of individual virtual cameras for capturing individual video streams of one or more 3D avatars and an environment virtual camera for capturing an environment video stream. The system may display the individual video streams and environment video stream in a video conference application.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventor: Jordan Thiel
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Publication number: 20230136597Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media relate to a method for ingesting 3D objects from a virtual environment for 2D data representation. The system may provide a video conference session including a first video stream of a video conference participant and a second video stream of a virtual environment. The system may receive a 3D data representation of a 3D object in the virtual environment and generate a 2D data representation of the 3D object based on the 3D data representation. The system may display the 2D data representation in the video conference session.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventor: Jordan Thiel
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Publication number: 20230139723Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media relate to a method for head tracking for video communications in a virtual environment. The system may provide a video conference session in a virtual environment. The system may provide a digital representation of the video conference participant in the virtual environment. The system may display one or more views of the virtual environment in the video conference. The system may track movement of the video conference participant to generate user movement information and may display movement of the video conference participant on the digital representation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventor: Jordan Thiel
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Publication number: 20230140747Abstract: Content items are rearranged within a digital collaboration space (e.g., a digital whiteboard) based on category metadata determined for the content items using one or more learning models. The content items are added to the digital collaboration space by one or more users. For each of the content items, category metadata is determined using a learning model that processes information associated with the content item. A rearrangement of the content items is determined based on the category metadata determined for each of the content items. The content items, rearranged according to the rearrangement, are then output to a layer of the digital collaboration space. Other rearrangements of the content items can be determined based on non-category metadata associated with the content items, and the content items, rearranged according to those other rearrangements, can be output to other layers of the digital collaboration space.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Raghavendra Bhagavatha, Alicia Kepner, Stephen Newton, Ihor Shadko, Jeffrey William Smith, Jordan Thiel
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Publication number: 20230139126Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media relate to a method for virtual environment interactivity for video communications participants. The system may provide a video conference session in a virtual environment. The system may provide a digital representation of a video conference participant in the virtual environment. The system may display an interactive view. The system may move the digital representation in the virtual environment based on input received in the interactive view.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventor: Jordan Thiel
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Publication number: 20230139813Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media relate to a method for authentication of video communications in a virtual environment. The system may provide a video conference session in a virtual environment. A VR or AR device may connect to a computer system to obtain credentials to access the video conference session. The VR or AR device may use the credentials to access and authenticate itself to the video conference session in the virtual environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventor: Jordan Thiel
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Publication number: 20230081041Abstract: Access to functionality of a software service is enabled at a first device associated with a user based on the first device being in a primary mode. A connection may thereafter be established between the software service and a second device associated with the same user. In response to that connection, access to a subset of the functionality of the software service is limited at the second device based on the second device being in a secondary mode determined based on the second device. Because the first device and the second device are used by the same user, the software service does not represent those devices as separate users of the software service, but rather identifies only the first device, as the primary mode device, in connection with the user to other users of the software service.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Cynthia Eshiuan Lee, Jeffrey William Smith, Jordan Thiel