Patents by Inventor Peter William Carlson

Peter William Carlson 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).

  • Private communication with gazing
    Patent number: 10572005
    Abstract: Content from a user computing device may be transmitted to at least one recipient computing device. A plurality of avatars is displayed that each represent different recipients associated with recipient computing devices. A group communication session is established among the user computing device and the recipient computing devices. During the group communication session: initial content is transmitted from the user computing device to each recipient computing device; based on determining that the user is gazing at a selected avatar, a private communication session is established between the user computing device and the recipient computing device associated with the selected avatar. During the private communication session, subsequent content is transmitted from the user computing device to such recipient computing device, and is not transmitted to the other recipient computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Jessica Ellen Zahn, Peter William Carlson, Shawn Crispin Wright, Eric Scott Rehmeyer, John Copic
  • PRIVATE COMMUNICATION WITH GAZING
    Publication number: 20180034867
    Abstract: Content from a user computing device may be transmitted to at least one recipient computing device. A plurality of avatars is displayed that each represent different recipients associated with recipient computing devices. A group communication session is established among the user computing device and the recipient computing devices. During the group communication session: initial content is transmitted from the user computing device to each recipient computing device; based on determining that the user id gazing at a selected avatar, a private communication session is established between the user computing device and the recipient computing device associated with the selected avatar. During the private communication session, subsequent content is transmitted from the user computing device to such recipient computing device, and is not transmitted to the other recipient computing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jessica Ellen Zahn, Peter William Carlson, Shawn Crispin Wright, Eric Scott Rehmeyer, John Copic