Patents by Inventor Alan L. Bridgewater

Alan L. Bridgewater 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: 8356102
    Abstract: A client device selectively establishes connections between selected client communication components and corresponding server communication components. The client device receives data from the corresponding server communication components via the connections between the selected client communication components and the server communication components. The data received via different ones of the connections is associated with a different content stream of a teleconference. During the teleconference, a given connection is suspended. When the given connection is suspended, the client computing device continues to receive data via connections other than the given connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Farmer, Jayendran Srinivasan, Alan L. Bridgewater, Shi Lu, William A. Ridmann, Shruti Kasetty
  • Publication number: 20110196972
    Abstract: A client device selectively establishes connections between selected client communication components and corresponding server communication components. The client device receives data from the corresponding server communication components via the connections between the selected client communication components and the server communication components. The data received via different ones of the connections is associated with a different content stream of a teleconference. During the teleconference, a given connection is suspended. When the given connection is suspended, the client computing device continues to receive data via connections other than the given connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryan Farmer, Jayendran Srinivasan, Alan L. Bridgewater, Shi Lu, William A. Ridmann, Shruti Kasetty
  • Patent number: 7573868
    Abstract: Audio and video frames are synchronized by hashing an audio frame at a sender and combining the resultant hash value with the video frame. The audio frame is transmitted over an audio network, such as a telephone network, and the video frame is transmitted over a digital network, such as an intranet. The audio frame may be combined with additional audio signals from an audio bridge. The receiver receives the audio signal from the audio bridge and performs the same hash function on the mixed signal as was performed on the original signal. The receiver correlates the hash value on the mixed signal with the hash value included with the video frame (wherein the video frame is one of several video frames buffered by the receiver). The receiver can thus identify the video frame that corresponds to the audio frame and render them simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ross G. Cutler, Alan L. Bridgewater