Patents by Inventor Loren Michael Groves

Loren Michael Groves 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).

  • Patent number: 9800622
    Abstract: In general, techniques of the present disclosure are directed to a system for virtual socializing between electronic devices. In one example, the method includes joining, by a first computing device, a communication session enabling communication between the first computing device and a second computing device. The method includes outputting, multimedia content that is output at the second computing device. The method also includes receiving and outputting, by the first computing device, data from the second computing device using the communication session, while the multimedia content is outputting at the first output device, where the data comprises data captured by an input device of the second computing device. The method further includes sending a configuration request that sets a control model mode of the communication session, where the control model mode controls which computing devices communicatively coupled via the communication session has permission to modify at least the multimedia content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: David Halliday Owens, Robert Jonathan Spiro, Daniel Ming-Wei Chu, Loren Michael Groves, Richard James Dunn, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150067541
    Abstract: In general, techniques of the present disclosure are directed to a system for virtual socializing between electronic devices. In one example, the method includes joining, by a first computing device, a communication session enabling communication between the first computing device and a second computing device. The method includes outputting, multimedia content that is output at the second computing device. The method also includes receiving and outputting, by the first computing device, data from the second computing device using the communication session, while the multimedia content is outputting at the first output device, where the data comprises data captured by an input device of the second computing device. The method further includes sending a configuration request that sets a control model mode of the communication session, where the control model mode controls which computing devices communicatively coupled via the communication session has permission to modify at least the multimedia content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: David Halliday Owens, Robert Jonathan Spiro, Daniel Ming-Wei Chu, Loren Michael Groves, Richard James Dunn, JR.
  • Patent number: 8832284
    Abstract: In general, techniques of the present disclosure are directed to a system for virtual socializing between electronic devices. In one example, the method includes joining, by a first computing device, a communication session enabling communication between the first computing device and a second computing device. The method includes outputting, multimedia content that is output at the second computing device. The method also includes receiving and outputting, by the first computing device, data from the second computing device using the communication session, while the multimedia content is outputting at the first output device, where the data comprises data captured by an input device of the second computing device. The method further includes sending a configuration request that sets a control model mode of the communication session, where the control model mode controls which computing devices communicatively coupled via the communication session has permission to modify at least the multimedia content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Halliday Owens, Robert Jonathan Spiro, Daniel Ming-Wei Chu, Loren Michael Groves, Richard James Dunn, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130179491
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure may provide techniques that enable a first user participating in a real-time communication session to choose whether to communicate with a second user that joins the real-time communication session. In one example, a method includes sending a plurality of video feeds for display at a plurality of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) of client devices coupled to a real-time communication session. The method also includes receiving a request from a first client computing device to couple to the real-time communication session, wherein a first user is associated with the first client device. The method also includes determining whether to enable communication using the real-time communication session between the first user and a second user associated with a second client device coupled to the real-time communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: David Scrymgeour Bennett, Chee H. Chew, Eduardo Fernandez, Loren Michael Groves, Christopher Paul David Johnson, Nikhyl David Singhal, Brian David Marsh, William Kuo-Wei Wen