Patents Examined by Melur Ramakrishnaiah
  • Patent number: 11854027
    Abstract: Techniques are described for a video survey. One method includes providing a video survey to a customer or a potential customer of a service, sale, product, or system. The video survey may be provided before, during, or after a provided service. In some cases, the customer or the potential customer may provide one or more responses to one or more requests included in the video survey. The video survey may record the one or more responses to the one or more requests. In some examples, the provided responses may be a video response, an audio response, a tactile response, or any combination thereof. The video survey may proceed or conclude based on the response being a positive response or a negative response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: VIVINT, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Gee, David Jones, Rastislav Nukovic
  • Patent number: 11849253
    Abstract: A transmitter device applied to a conference system is disclosed. The conference system further includes a receiver device. The receiver device wirelessly receives an image signal transmitted by the transmitter device, and a display coupled to the receiver device displays the image signal. The transmitter device includes a memory storing an identity information corresponding to an authority of the transmitter device. When the transmitter device is coupled to an information processing device, the transmitter device transmits the identity information to the information processing device. An application driver of the information processing device determines the authority of the transmitter device according to the identity information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: BENQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Pu Lin, Chen-Chi Wu, Chia-Nan Shih, Chin-Fu Chiang, Jung-Kun Tseng, Chuang-Wei Wu
  • Patent number: 11848975
    Abstract: A source device provides, during a conference, shared data from the source device participating in the conference to one or more destination devices participating in the conference. The source device receives a representation of a download progress of the shared data at the one or more destination devices. A presenter device prompts a user of the presenter device to select a presentation time of the shared data based on the download progress. The presenter device is the source device or one of the one or more destination devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Shane Paul Springer
  • Patent number: 11849255
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The device can display a live video communication user interface of a live video communication application that includes participant affordances corresponding to participants. In response to detecting an input that corresponds to a request to initiate a process of starting a new live communication session, the device can: in accordance with the input corresponding to selection of the first participant affordance, initiate a process of starting a new live communication session that includes a group of three or more participants; and in accordance with the input corresponding to selection of the new session affordance, initiate a process for selecting two or more participants and start a new live communication session that includes a participant associated with the device and the selected participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Marcel Van Os, Lee S. Broughton, Peter Callaway, Pablo F. Caro, Jae Woo Chang, Allison Dryer, Craig M. Federighi, Robert Garcia, Stephen O. Lemay, John Louch, Hoan Pham, Alan C. Dye, Nicholas V. King
  • Patent number: 11849256
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically concealing sensitive information in a shared screen session of a video conference are disclosed. The system may establish communication with one or more computing devices active in a video conference in which each computing device may switch between a screen share mode and a video mode. The system may determine that one or more articles of sensitive information are visible in a graphical user interface associated with a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices. The system may receive a first signal from the first computing device that indicates a first intent of a host associated with the first computing device to switch the screen share mode which includes sharing the first graphical user interface with the one or more computing devices during the video conference. In response to the first signal, the system may execute one or more privacy actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Anh Truong, Reza Farivar, Jeremy Edward Goodsitt, Kate Key, Vincent Pham, Galen Rafferty, Austin Walters
  • Patent number: 11848969
    Abstract: This application provides a data processing method and apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and an electronic apparatus. The method includes the following steps: A server obtains stream control signaling transmitted by an interface machine, the interface machine being configured to obtain, from the server, audio and video data to be transmitted to a client. The server obtains, in response to the stream control signaling, a first transmission rate from the server to the interface machine. The server transmits audio data to the interface machine if the first rate is less than a first predetermined threshold, and discards video data in the same GOP as the audio data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Rencheng Hu
  • Patent number: 11848968
    Abstract: A system includes a plurality of capturing devices and a plurality of displaying devices. The capturing devices and the displaying devices can be communicatively connected to a server. The server can receive captured data from the capturing devices and transform the data into a digitized format. At least one of the capturing devices can record a video during a meeting and the capturing device can transmit the captured video to the server as a video feed. The video feed can show an area that includes handwritten text, e.g., a whiteboard. The server can receive the video feed from the capturing device and perform various processes on the video. For example, the server can perform a voice recognition, text recognition, handwriting recognition, face recognition and/or object recognition technique on the captured video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
    Inventors: Gaurang Bhatt, Negar Kalbasi
  • Patent number: 11843899
    Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for obtaining an audio stream from a microphone of a first participant of an audio and video conference between at least the first participant and a second participant; detecting, in the audio stream, a sound trigger that is noise generated by the first participant and filtered from the audio stream by a noise cancellation filter; in response to detecting the sound trigger, muting a transmission of the audio stream to the second participant; and while muting the transmission of the audio stream to the second participant, receiving a verbal command from the first participant that is used to control a digital or virtual assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Mihailo Kolundzija, Rafal Pilarczyk
  • Patent number: 11843898
    Abstract: User interface (UI) tiles of conference participants are arranged in a UI of conferencing software according to relative locations of those conference participants within a conference room. Positional information and video data are obtained from one or more video capture devices located within a conference room. Relative locations of conference participants within the conference room are determined based on the positional information, such as by defining coordinates for the conference participants within a coordinate system based on the positional information and the video data and determining the relative locations based on the coordinates. Output configured to cause a client application to arrange UI tiles associated with the conference participants is generated according to the relative locations. The output is then transmitted to one or more client devices to cause a UI of conferencing software at each of those client devices to display the UI tiles in the specified arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Bao Quoc Hoang, Cynthia Eshiuan Lee, Jeffrey William Smith, Chi-chian Yu
  • Patent number: 11842092
    Abstract: A video conference system server that manages a video conference performed by using a plurality of communication terminals. When data is uploaded, based on an instruction from a first user using a first communication terminal as one of the plurality of communication terminals, from the first communication terminal, the uploaded data is downloaded based on an instruction from a second user using a second communication terminal, to the second communication terminal. A print completion notification of the uploaded data is received from the second communication terminal. When the print completion notification is received, a message that the second user has completed printing of the uploaded data is displayed on a screen of the video conference of a communication terminal, out of the plurality of communication terminals, which is used by a notification destination user, set in advance, out of participants of the video conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takuya Ushinohama
  • Patent number: 11838677
    Abstract: An electronic device, computer program product, and method are provided that autonomously switch between first and second image streams of two image capturing devices during a video communication session, reducing data transmission and display size requirements for recipients. A controller of the electronic device identifies a person in the first image stream and identifies a writing surface in the second image stream. In response to determining that the person is not attending to the writing surface, the controller communicates, to at second electronic device(s) during the video communication session, at least a first portion of the first image stream that focusses on a face of the person. In response to determining that the person is attending to the writing surface, the controller communicates at least a second portion of the second image stream that focusses on the writing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Rahul B Desai, Bill Ryan
  • Patent number: 11836417
    Abstract: A system, method, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for a group music sharing session during a video conference. A video conference may be displayed on a user interface of one or more endpoint devices. A group music sharing session may be initiated with two or more members of the video conference. Participants of the group music sharing sessions may select one or more songs. The selected songs and music information may be retrieved from a multimedia server. A playlist comprising the selected songs may be generated and displayed on the user interface of the endpoint devices of the participants. A participant may select a song from the playlist. The selected song may be played simultaneously on the endpoint devices of the participants. The music information may be displayed on the user interface of the endpoint devices of the participants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Kevin M. Nathanson
  • Patent number: 11838685
    Abstract: Video conferencing in a controlled environment facility entails significant security concerns. These concerns are even more prevalent in a system that permits residents of such facilities to communicate via their own personal devices. Therefore, in order to alleviate these concerns and provide a secure system in which a resident is able to make video calls using their personal device, a kiosk unit is provided to which the personal device must be linked for completing a video call. When making the video call, the camera and display on the personal device are disabled, and all video data is captured and displayed by the kiosk unit. The link between the kiosk unit and the personal device facilitates the exchange of the image information for transmission to the outside party, or display to the user. By providing a fixed camera, and disabling the personal device camera, security can be maintained while permitting video calling services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Global Tel*Link Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen L. Hodge, Anthony Bambocci
  • Patent number: 11838338
    Abstract: A method and device for conference control and conference participation, server, terminal, and storage medium are disclosed. The conference control method may include: acquiring conference bitstream of a current conference; performing, in response to extracting three-dimensional resource identification information from the conference bitstream, a three-dimensional resource matching in a preset three-dimensional resource repository based on the three-dimensional resource identification information; and transmitting, in response to matching a target three-dimensional resource corresponding to the three-dimensional resource identification information in the three-dimensional resource repository, the target three-dimensional resource to a three-dimensional resource processing terminal of a conference participating terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhijian Hao, Yaofeng Tu, Jingsheng Zhu, Dan Guan, Junjun Mei, Zhidong Zhao, Jun Chen
  • Patent number: 11829681
    Abstract: A system, method, and non-transitory computer readable media including instructions for a group music sharing session during a video conference. A video conference may be displayed on a user interface of one or more endpoint devices. A group music sharing session may be initiated with two or more members of the video conference. Participants of the group music sharing sessions may select one or more songs. The selected songs and music information may be retrieved from a multimedia server. A playlist comprising the selected songs may be generated and displayed on the user interface of the endpoint devices of the participants. A participant may select a song from the playlist. The selected song may be played simultaneously on the endpoint devices of the participants. The music information may be displayed on the user interface of the endpoint devices of the participation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Kevin M. Nathanson
  • Patent number: 11825237
    Abstract: A method allows a receiving device to control aspects of an image stream transmitting (IST) device. The method includes receiving a segmented video stream from the IST device during a video communication session. The segmented video stream includes a primary segment and a secondary segment presenting a virtual control interface. The method includes presenting, on a display device, a control enabling view of the segmented video stream and monitoring for movement, captured by at least one image capturing device, that is indicative of the input occurring within a spatial location proximate to the selectable feature. The method includes in response to detecting the input, identifying a function associated with the selectable feature and activating the function to affect one or more characteristics of a video image presented within the primary segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Amit Kumar Agrawal, Daniel M Vacura, Bill Ryan, Jeffrey S Vanhoof
  • Patent number: 11825239
    Abstract: In some implementations, a system may establish a video call between a first device associated with a first user and a second device associated with a second user of a communications platform. The system may present a video interface for the video call, the video interface comprising a first video stream generated by the first device of the first user and a second video stream generated by the second device associated with the second user. The system may present a first set of image augmentations selected by the communications platform in the video interface, the first set of video augmentations being selectable by the first user for augmentation of the first video stream generated by the first user device. The system may identify a second set of image augmentations used by a further set of users of the communications platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Benedict Copping, Laurent Desserrey, Virginia Drummond, Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis
  • Patent number: 11818501
    Abstract: Methods and systems for transmitting content during a networked conference. In an embodiment, a method is provided that includes establishing a network connection between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE, generating a video signal at the first UE, selecting content at the first UE, transmitting the video signal from the first UE over a first network channel, and transmitting the content from the first UE over a second network channel. The method also includes receiving the video signal on the first channel at the second UE, receiving the content on the second channel at the second UE, combining the video signal and the content into a combined video signal at the second UE, and displaying the combined video signal on a display device at the second UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Bo Ling, Hailei Sheng, Lin Han
  • Patent number: 11818504
    Abstract: A conferencing device includes a power supply, a processor, a video out module, and a USB hub in communication with the processor and drawing power from the power supply. The conferencing device is configured to provide power from the power supply to an external host device in communication with the USB hub, receive control signals and video data from the external host device, and place video data from the external host device at a video out port of the conferencing device. Embodiments herein discuss the switching between and/or simultaneous presentation of video data for placement at the video out port as between two or more external host devices connected to the conferencing device based on the control signals sent from the external host devices. The conferencing device may be connected to another conferencing device to create a single logical conferencing device that can handle an expanded number of external host devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TARGUS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Ronald Decamp, II, Man Cheung Dan Tsang, Nicholas Anthony Markovsky
  • Patent number: 11811836
    Abstract: A method for a video communication system for a rideshare system includes conducting at least a portion of a video communication session involving a passenger using at least one exterior audio/video component on an exterior surface of an AV dispatched to a designated location; and transferring the video communication session to at least one interior audio/video component on an interior of the AV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: Ajay Alfred, Alexander Willem Gerrese, Aakanksha Mirdha, Jeremy Stephen Juel, Grace Noh, Swarnakshi Kapil