Patents by Inventor Todd Vernon

Todd Vernon 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: 9825891
    Abstract: A collaborative communication system that includes a plurality of endpoints and interconnecting nodes configured to communicate via messages over interconnecting channels. Each of the plurality of endpoints and/or interconnecting nodes can determine whether to apply protection to the messages on a per message basis and/or base on the interconnecting channel being used. Thus, a balance between adequate protection and use of system resources and bandwidth can be maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Open Invention Newtork, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Wanek, Dan Jones, Todd Vernon
  • Patent number: 9819736
    Abstract: A source communication device comprises a cluster manager to group destination device connections into a plurality of performance clusters. The cluster manager then causes a synchronization mechanism to be generated for each performance cluster. Each synchronization cluster can then allow data to be optimally shared between the source device and destination devices within a given cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Jones, Todd Vernon, Jeffrey Kriese
  • Patent number: 9667614
    Abstract: A collaborative communication system comprises a highly flexible architecture that facilitates connecting communication devices and networks to establish multimedia collaboration sessions in a manner that allows distribution of various services and features throughout the collaborative communication system to provide scalability and selectable combination of cost, resource usage, and performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Jones, Todd Vernon, Emmanuel Puentes, Charles Wanek, William Marcum
  • Patent number: 9565219
    Abstract: A multimedia collaboration system that facilitates more efficient, free-flowing collaboration sessions. In order to make addition of new participants, media components, and or network access device to a collaboration session more efficient, client devices associated with each participant can store endpoint address information that can be automatically obtained by the multimedia collaboration system. The endpoint address information can then be used to add the new participants, media components, and or network access device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Vernon, Dan Jones
  • Patent number: 9560098
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product having instructions stored thereon for automatically data streaming a multiparty conference session comprises receiving an Internet-based interface at a session moderator, said Internet-based interface configured for said session moderator to enter a request for data streaming a multiparty conference session, automatically establishing a data stream of said conferencing session, without any human intervention, wherein establishing said automated data stream includes: recording the multiparty conference session, and data streaming the multiparty conference session to listen-only participants thereby enabling listen-only participants to connect to the multiparty conference session without using additional conference ports and/or conference resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Berberian, Todd Vernon
  • Patent number: 9413593
    Abstract: A source communication device comprises a cluster manager to group destination device connections into a plurality of performance clusters. The cluster manager then causes a synchronization mechanism to be generated for each performance cluster. Each synchronization cluster can then allow data to be optimally shared between the source device and destination devices within a given cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Jones, Todd Vernon, Jeffrey Kriese
  • Patent number: 9391786
    Abstract: A collaborative communication system comprises a highly flexible architecture that facilitates connecting communication devices and networks to establish multimedia collaboration sessions in a manner that allows distribution of various services and features throughout the collaborative communication system to provide scalability and selectable combination of cost, resource usage, and performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Jones, Todd Vernon, Emmanuel Puentes, Charles Wanek, William Marcum
  • Patent number: 9392035
    Abstract: A collaborative communication system comprises a highly flexible architecture that facilitates connecting communication devices and networks to establish multimedia collaboration sessions in a manner that allows distribution of various services and features throughout the collaborative communication system to provide scalability and selectable combination of cost, resource usage, and performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Jones, Todd Vernon, Emmanuel Puentes, Charles Wanek, William Marcum
  • Patent number: 9380105
    Abstract: A source communication device comprises a cluster manager to group destination device connections into a plurality of performance clusters. The cluster manager then causes a synchronization mechanism to be generated for each performance cluster. Each synchronization cluster can then allow data to be optimally shared between the source device and destination devices within a given cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Jones, Todd Vernon, Jeffrey Kriese
  • Patent number: 9077738
    Abstract: A collaborative communication system comprises a highly flexible architecture that facilitates connecting communication devices and networks to establish multimedia collaboration sessions in a manner that allows distribution of various services and features throughout the collaborative communication system to provide scalability and selectable combination of cost, resource usage, and performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Jones, William Marcum, Emmanuel Puentes, Todd Vernon, Charles Wanek
  • Patent number: 9060043
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product having instructions stored thereon for automatically data streaming a multiparty conference session comprises receiving an Internet-based interface at a session moderator, said Internet-based interface configured for said session moderator to enter a request for data streaming a multiparty conference session, automatically establishing a data stream of said conferencing session, without any human intervention, wherein establishing said automated data stream includes: recording the multiparty conference session, and data streaming the multiparty conference session to listen-only participants thereby enabling listen-only participants to connect to the multiparty conference session without using additional conference ports and/or conference resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Berberian, Todd Vernon
  • Patent number: 9042273
    Abstract: A collaborative communication system comprises a highly flexible architecture that facilitates connecting communication devices and networks to establish multimedia collaboration sessions in a manner that allows distribution of various services and features throughout the collaborative communication system to provide scalability and selectable combination of cost, resource usage, and performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Jones, Todd Vernon, Emmanuel Puentes, Charles Wanek, William Marcum
  • Patent number: 9037651
    Abstract: A multimedia collaboration system that facilitates more efficient, free-flowing collaboration sessions. In order to make addition of new participants, media components, and or network access device to a collaboration session more efficient, client devices associated with each participant can store endpoint address information that can be automatically obtained by the multimedia collaboration system. The endpoint address information can then be used to add the new participants, media components, and or network access device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Vernon, Dan Jones
  • Publication number: 20140300685
    Abstract: A multimedia collaboration system that facilitates more efficient, free-flowing collaboration sessions. In order to make addition of new participants, media components, and or network access device to a collaboration session more efficient, client devices associated with each participant can store endpoint address information that can be automatically obtained by the multimedia collaboration system. The endpoint address information can then be used to add the new participants, media components, and or network access device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Todd Vernon, Dan Jones
  • Patent number: 8819136
    Abstract: A multimedia collaboration system that facilitates more efficient, free-flowing collaboration sessions. The role of the presenter can be exchanged among participants in a collaboration session. The multimedia collaboration system is configured so that control of a collaboration session can be exchanged freely between participants in the collaboration session. The multimedia collaboration system enables participants in the collaboration session to determine the pace and course of the session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Vernon, Dan Jones
  • Patent number: 8775511
    Abstract: A multimedia collaboration system that facilitates more efficient, free-flowing collaboration sessions. In order to make addition of new participants, media components, and or network access device to a collaboration session more efficient, client devices associated with each participant can store endpoint address information that can be automatically obtained by the multimedia collaboration system. The endpoint address information can then be used to add the new participants, media components, and or network access device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Vernon, Dan Jones
  • Patent number: 8737273
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically configuring and optimizing a multimedia conference session. An exemplary method of the invention may include providing a plurality of services to be used in the multimedia conference session, wherein each of the plurality of services may be hosted by and independently executable through at least one service endpoint in a communications network. Further, a plurality of users may be enabled to participate in the multimedia conference session. In particular, each user may participate in the conference session through a respective user endpoint in the communications network, where the respective user endpoint may be hosted by and independently executable through at least one service endpoint. Each service endpoint is configurable as an authentication service and a presence service such that the at least one service endpoint is operable to authenticate and publish a presence of each user endpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Jones, Todd Vernon, Emmanuel Puentes, Charles Wanek, William Marcum
  • Patent number: 8676988
    Abstract: A collaborative communication system that includes a plurality of endpoints and interconnecting nodes configured to communicate via messages over interconnecting channels. Each of the plurality of endpoints and/or interconnecting nodes can determine whether to apply protection to the messages on a per message basis and/or base on the interconnecting channel being used. Thus, a balance between adequate protection and use of system resources and bandwidth can be maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Wanek, Dan Jones, Todd Vernon
  • Patent number: 8645541
    Abstract: A network communication system and a source device thereof. The source device may include a cluster manager that groups a plurality of connections between the source device and the plurality of destination devices into clusters, such as performance clusters. The cluster manager may also remove one or more of the destination devices that do not respond within a timeout threshold from their clusters, and when the removed one or more destination devices respond to the timeout threshold, the cluster manager may provide one or more of the plurality of destination devices full-buffer updates until such point as a recent average latency performance of a responding destination device is at a level that merits insertion back into one of the clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Dan Jones, Todd Vernon, Jeffrey Kriese
  • Patent number: 8595296
    Abstract: A system, method and computer program product having instructions stored thereon for automatically data streaming a multiparty conference session comprises receiving an Internet-based interface at a session moderator, said Internet-based interface configured for said session moderator to enter a request for data streaming a multiparty conference session, automatically establishing a data stream of said conferencing session, without any human intervention, wherein establishing said automated data stream includes: recording the multiparty conference session, and data streaming the multiparty conference session to listen-only participants thereby enabling listen-only participants to connect to the multiparty conference session without using additional conference ports and/or conference resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Open Invention Network, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Berberian, Todd Vernon