Patents by Inventor Sumant Kowshik

Sumant Kowshik 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).

  • Transmitting video and sharing content via a network
    Patent number: 10325172
    Abstract: Embodiments disclose systems and methods for transmitting user-extracted video and content more efficiently by recognizing that user-extracted video provides the potential to treat parts of a single frame of a user-extracted video differently. An alpha mask of the image part of the user-extracted video is used when encoding the image part so that it retains a higher quality upon transmission than the remainder of the user-extracted video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: PERSONIFY, INC.
    Inventors: Quang Nguyen, Minh Do, Long Truong, Dennis Lin, Sumant Kowshik, Sanjay Patel
  • Integrating user personas with chat sessions
    Patent number: 9774548
    Abstract: Embodiments disclose extracting a user persona from a video of arbitrary duration and associating that persona with text for a chat session. Embodiments cause the persona to be extracted at the moment text is sent or received to convey the body language associated with the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Personify, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Lin, Sumant Kowshik, Sanjay Patel
  • Methods and systems for visually deemphasizing a displayed persona
    Patent number: 9671931
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for visually deemphasizing a displayed persona. At least one embodiment takes the form of a method carried out by a user-interface (UI)-management device. The UI-management device identifies a persona region of a displayed persona and identifies a user-interface-focus location. The UI-management device then makes a persona-deemphasize determination based on the identified persona region and the identified user-interface-focus location. In response to making the persona-deemphasize determination, the UI-management device visually deemphasizes the displayed persona.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Personify, Inc.
    Inventors: James J. Kosmach, Sumant Kowshik, Dennis J. Lin, Glenn B. Francisco, John Nicholas Timmons, Fernando Rossi Goncalves
  • TRANSMITTING VIDEO AND SHARING CONTENT VIA A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160314369
    Abstract: Embodiments disclose systems and methods for transmitting user-extracted video and content more efficiently by recognizing that user-extracted video provides the potential to treat parts of a single frame of a user-extracted video differently. An alpha mask of the image part of the user-extracted video is used when encoding the image part so that it retains a higher quality upon transmission than the remainder of the user-extracted video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Quang Nguyen, Minh Do, Long Truong, Dennis Lin, Sumant Kowshik, Sanjay Patel
  • Methods and Systems for Visually Deemphasizing a Displayed Persona
    Publication number: 20160196675
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for visually deemphasizing a displayed persona. At least one embodiment takes the form of a method carried out by a user-interface (UI)-management device. The UI-management device identifies a persona region of a displayed persona and identifies a user-interface-focus location. The UI-management device then makes a persona-deemphasize determination based on the identified persona region and the identified user-interface-focus location. In response to making the persona-deemphasize determination, the UI-management device visually deemphasizes the displayed persona.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: James J. Kosmach, Sumant Kowshik, Dennis J. Lin, Glenn B. Francisco, John Nicholas Timmons, Fernando Rossi Goncalves
  • Transmitting video and sharing content via a network using multiple encoding techniques
    Patent number: 9386303
    Abstract: Embodiments disclose systems and methods for transmitting user-extracted video and content more efficiently by recognizing that user-extracted video provides the potential to treat parts of a single frame of a user-extracted video differently. An alpha mask of the image part of the user-extracted video is used when encoding the image part so that it retains a higher quality upon transmission than the remainder of the user-extracted video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: PERSONIFY, INC.
    Inventors: Quang Nguyen, Minh Do, Long Truong, Dennis Lin, Sumant Kowshik, Sanjay Patel
  • Methods and Systems for Presenting Personas According to a Common Cross-Client Configuration
    Publication number: 20150188970
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for presenting personas according to a common cross-client configuration. An embodiment takes the form of a method that includes extracting a persona from video frames being received from a video camera. The method also includes transmitting an outbound stream of persona data that includes the extracted persona. The method also includes receiving at least one inbound stream of persona data, where the at least one inbound stream of persona data includes one or more other personas. The method also includes presenting a full persona set of the extracted persona and the one or more other personas on a user interface according to a common cross-client persona configuration. The method also includes presenting one or more shared-content channels on the user interface according to a common cross-client shared-content-channel configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Personify, Inc.
    Inventors: Sumant Kowshik, Glenn Francisco, Dennis Lin, David Scherba, Will Kelleher, Sanjay Patel
  • Transmitting video and sharing content via a network
    Publication number: 20150186744
    Abstract: Embodiments disclose systems and methods for transmitting user-extracted video and content more efficiently by recognizing that user-extracted video provides the potential to treat parts of a single frame of a user-extracted video differently. An alpha mask of the image part of the user-extracted video is used when encoding the image part so that it retains a higher quality upon transmission than the remainder of the user-extracted video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Personify, Inc.
    Inventors: Quang Nguyen, Minh Do, Long Truong, Dennis Lin, Sumant Kowshik, Sanjay Patel
  • INTEGRATING USER PERSONAS WITH CHAT SESSIONS
    Publication number: 20150172069
    Abstract: Embodiments disclose extracting a user persona from a video of arbitrary duration and associating that persona with text for a chat session. Embodiments cause the persona to be extracted at the moment text is sent or received to convey the body language associated with the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Personify, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Lin, Sumant Kowshik, Sanjay Patel
  • Systems and methods for integrating user personas with content during video conferencing
    Patent number: 9055186
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for extracting a user persona from a video and embedding that persona into a background feed that may have other content, such as text, graphics, or additional video content. The extracted video and background feed are combined to create a composite video that comprises the display in a videoconference. Embodiments cause the user persona to be embedded at preset positions, or in preset formats, or both, depending on the configuration, position, or motion of the user's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: PERSONIFY, INC
    Inventors: Dennis Lin, David Scherba, Mert Dikmen, Sumant Kowshik, Sanjay Patel
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING USER PERSONAS WITH CONTENT DURING VIDEO CONFERENCING
    Publication number: 20150029294
    Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for extracting a user persona from a video and embedding that persona into a background feed that may have other content, such as text, graphics, or additional video content. The extracted video and background feed are combined to create a composite video that comprises the display in a videoconference. Embodiments cause the user persona to be embedded at preset positions, or in preset formats, or both, depending on the configuration, position, or motion of the user's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Personify, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Lin, David Scherba, Mert Dikmen, Sumant Kowshik, Sanjay Patel