Patents by Inventor Sanjay Guha Thakurta

Sanjay Guha Thakurta 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).

  • Context real avatar audience creation during live video sharing
    Patent number: 11893672
    Abstract: An embodiment for creating an avatar of an online viewer during a live video broadcast is provided. The embodiment may include receiving a number of in-person viewers at an event. The embodiment may also include identifying a number of online viewers watching the event remotely. The embodiment may further include in response to determining the number of in-person viewers at the event is below a threshold, identifying a location of the in-person viewers at the event. The embodiment may also include analyzing reactions of the online viewers to scenarios of the event. The embodiment may further include creating an avatar for each of the online viewers. The embodiment may also include populating each empty seat at the event with the created avatar for each online viewer. The embodiment may further include displaying the created avatars occupying the empty seats to the online viewers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sanjay Guha Thakurta, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Karthik Krishnan, Venkataramana Logasundaram Jaganathan
  • CONTEXT REAL AVATAR AUDIENCE CREATION DURING LIVE VIDEO SHARING
    Publication number: 20220284648
    Abstract: An embodiment for creating an avatar of an online viewer during a live video broadcast is provided. The embodiment may include receiving a number of in-person viewers at an event. The embodiment may also include identifying a number of online viewers watching the event remotely. The embodiment may further include in response to determining the number of in-person viewers at the event is below a threshold, identifying a location of the in-person viewers at the event. The embodiment may also include analyzing reactions of the online viewers to scenarios of the event. The embodiment may further include creating an avatar for each of the online viewers. The embodiment may also include populating each empty seat at the event with the created avatar for each online viewer. The embodiment may further include displaying the created avatars occupying the empty seats to the online viewers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Sanjay Guha Thakurta, Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Karthik Krishnan, Venkataramana Logasundaram Jaganathan