Patents by Inventor Adam Justin Spooner

Adam Justin Spooner 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: 12335060
    Abstract: One example method includes joining, from a client device, a virtual meeting hosted by a virtual meeting provider, the virtual meeting comprising a plurality of participants, displaying the virtual meeting on the display of the client device, receiving an eye tracking signal from an eye tracking sensor, the eye tracking signal associated with a first user of the client device, and determining, based at least in part on the eye tracking signal, a location of the display on which the first user is focused. The method further includes identifying a first audio stream of a plurality of audio streams associated with the virtual meeting based at least in part on the location, and responsive to identifying the first audio stream, increasing a volume of the first audio stream relative to the rest of the plurality of audio streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Zoom Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Allen Ryskamp, Adam Justin Spooner
  • Patent number: 12328646
    Abstract: Example methods and systems provide push-to-talk (PTT) functionality integrated with other functions. The PTT functionality can include a graphical interface provided by a client application. The graphical interface can display PTT groups and/or icons for individual users. Users can generate PTT group definitions in response to input to the client application. A group control input can cause PTT transmission from a client device to a group of client devices corresponding to the PTT group. PTT groups can optionally be shared through the client application or via a URL that invokes a private Web page, and recording and transcription of PTT communication can optionally be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Zoom Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Allen Ryskamp, Adam Justin Spooner
  • Publication number: 20240163126
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing spotlight cards within a chat channel are provided. In an aspect, a method includes establishing, by a video conference provider, a first chat channel for exchanging chat messages between a plurality of client devices and receiving, by the video conference provider, an indication to generate a first spotlight card within the first chat channel, wherein the indication identifies spotlight content from a first resource external to the first chat channel. The method also includes generating, by the video conference provider, the first spotlight card identifying the spotlight content and transmitting, by the video conference provider to one or more of the client devices connected to the first chat channel, the first spotlight card for display within a spotlight panel within the first chat channel, the spotlight panel positioned proximate to a chat messaging panel including chat messages posted to the chat channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Clark, Benjamin Gareth Dove, Amanda Naomi Etheridge, Li-An Huang, Robert Allen Ryskamp, Adam Justin Spooner, Matthew Brandon Wesson
  • Publication number: 20240095681
    Abstract: A connection of users to a multi-user virtual space is detected. A multi-user virtual sub-space within the multi-user virtual space is formed. A group of users from among the users are assigned to the multi-user virtual sub-space. Media exchanges are focused for the group of users within the multi-user virtual sub-space by limiting a perception level of media exchanges between users not assigned to the multi-user virtual sub-space relative to users assigned to the multi-user virtual sub-space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Allen Ryskamp, Adam Justin Spooner, Aleksandra Swerdlow
  • Publication number: 20240040083
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing video bubbles during document editing are provided herein. In an aspect, a system comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable medium; a communications interface; and a processor communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium and the communications interface is provided. The processor may be configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer-readable medium to: transmit, from a first client device, a request to access a collaborative document; receive, by the first client device, access to the collaborative document; transmit, from the first client device, a first video stream; generate a first video bubble associated with the first video stream within the collaborative document; and provide, to a second client device, the collaborative document and the first video bubble.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Allen Ryskamp, Adam Justin Spooner
  • Publication number: 20240039969
    Abstract: One example method includes establishing a chat channel; creating a shared document; associating the shared document and the chat channel; establishing access rights to the shared document and the chat channel for each user of a plurality of identified users; and providing the chat channel and the shared document to each user of the plurality of identified users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Youjin Jang, Sheldon Lawrence Menezes, Robert Allen Ryskamp, Adam Justin Spooner, Matthew Brandon Wesson
  • Publication number: 20240039970
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing video bubbles during document editing are provided herein. In an aspect, a system comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable medium; a communications interface; and a processor communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium and the communications interface is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Allen RYSKAMP, Adam Justin Spooner
  • Publication number: 20240040340
    Abstract: Example methods and systems provide push-to-talk (PTT) functionality integrated with other functions. The PTT functionality can include a graphical interface provided by a client application. The graphical interface can display PTT groups and/or icons for individual users. Users can generate PTT group definitions in response to input to the client application. A group control input can cause PTT transmission from a client device to a group of client devices corresponding to the PTT group. PTT groups can optionally be shared through the client application or via a URL that invokes a private Web page, and recording and transcription of PTT communication can optionally be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Allen Ryskamp, Adam Justin Spooner
  • Patent number: 11863335
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing spotlight cards within a chat channel are provided. In an aspect, a method includes establishing, by a video conference provider, a first chat channel for exchanging chat messages between a plurality of client devices and receiving, by the video conference provider, an indication to generate a first spotlight card within the first chat channel, wherein the indication identifies spotlight content from a first resource external to the first chat channel. The method also includes generating, by the video conference provider, the first spotlight card identifying the spotlight content and transmitting, by the video conference provider to one or more of the client devices connected to the first chat channel, the first spotlight card for display within a spotlight panel within the first chat channel, the spotlight panel positioned proximate to a chat messaging panel including chat messages posted to the chat channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Clark, Benjamin Gareth Dove, Amanda Naomi Etheridge, Li-An Huang, Robert Allen Ryskamp, Adam Justin Spooner, Matthew Brandon Wesson