Patents by Inventor Anton Krantz
Anton Krantz 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).
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Patent number: 10439832Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for enhancing ad-hoc online meetings. A service client, when executed by a computing system, directs the computing system to at least detect an in-room discovery signal, identify a room from the in-room discovery signal, identify a session based on the room associated with the in-room discovery signal, and join the session.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ross Garrett Cutler, Andrew Peter Sinclair, Jonathan Adam Kauffman, Anton Krantz
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Patent number: 10432676Abstract: Non-limiting examples disclosed herein describe processing capabilities for ad-hoc online meetings. In an implementation, an identifier is received that corresponds with a specific location. A proximity signal is received from one or more components associated with the specific location. The received proximity signal comprises one of: a modulated light signal, an audible sound, an inaudible sound and ambient noise. The identifier is validated based on a comparison of the proximity signal with a reference signal for the one or more components. A service identifier for a conferencing session is provided based on a validation of the identifier. In one example, a computing device is connected to the conference session based on receipt of a request that comprises the provided service identifier. In another example, the conference session is automatically transferred from a client computing device to a component associated with the specific location such as a room display device.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ross Garrett Cutler, Andrew Peter Sinclair, Jonathan Adam Kauffman, Anton Krantz
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Patent number: 10321095Abstract: Pairing and configuring a computing device for use in a meeting space is provided. An appliance may communicate a broadcast to a computing device which announces the availability of a meeting space for a meeting. The computing device may establish a connection with the appliance. The computing device may then join the meeting in the meeting space.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Anton Krantz, William George Verthein, Srikanth Shoroff, Amey Parandekar, Mohammad N. Vakil, Steven Shaw, Nghiep Duong, Ankit Tandon
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Patent number: 10296861Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance meeting technology. In an implementation, a meetings graph may be generated for a meeting between various participants in the meeting. An effectiveness of the meeting may be identified based at least in part on a comparison of the meetings graph to a model meetings graph for a model meeting. An indication of the effectiveness of the meeting may then be communicated to at least an application for surfacing in a user interface to the application.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Anton Krantz, Ross Garrett Cutler, Andrew Peter Sinclair, Jonathan Adam Kauffman
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Publication number: 20180278890Abstract: Pairing and configuring a computing device for use in a meeting space is provided. An appliance may communicate a broadcast to a computing device which announces the availability of a meeting space for a meeting. The computing device may establish a connection with the appliance. The computing device may then join the meeting in the meeting space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Anton KRANTZ, William George VERTHEIN, Srikanth SHOROFF, Amey PARANDEKAR, Mohammad N. VAKIL, Steven SHAW, Nghiep DUONG, Ankit TANDON
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Publication number: 20180115432Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for enhancing ad-hoc online meetings. A service client, when executed by a computing system, directs the computing system to at least detect an in-room discovery signal, identify a room from the in-room discovery signal, identify a session based on the room associated with the in-room discovery signal, and join the session.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2017Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Ross Garrett Cutler, Andrew Peter Sinclair, Jonathan Adam Kauffman, Anton Krantz
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Patent number: 9942515Abstract: Pairing and configuring a computing device for use in a meeting space is provided. An appliance may communicate a broadcast to a computing device which announces the availability of a meeting space for a meeting. The computing device may establish a connection with the appliance. The computing device may then join the meeting in the meeting space.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Anton Krantz, William George Verthein, Srikanth Shoroff, Amey Parandekar, Mohammad N. Vakil, Steven Shaw, Nghiep Duong, Ankit Tandon
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Patent number: 9882990Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for enhancing ad-hoc online meetings. A service client, when executed by a computing system, directs the computing system to at least detect an in-room discovery signal, identify a room from the in-room discovery signal, identify a session based on the room associated with the in-room discovery signal, and join the session.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ross Garrett Cutler, Andrew Peter Sinclair, Jonathan Adam Kauffman, Anton Krantz
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Publication number: 20170155693Abstract: Non-limiting examples disclosed herein describe processing capabilities for ad-hoc online meetings. In an implementation, an identifier is received that corresponds with a specific location. A proximity signal is received from one or more components associated with the specific location. The received proximity signal comprises one of: a modulated light signal, an audible sound, an inaudible sound and ambient noise. The identifier is validated based on a comparison of the proximity signal with a reference signal for the one or more components. A service identifier for a conferencing session is provided based on a validation of the identifier. In one example, a computing device is connected to the conference session based on receipt of a request that comprises the provided service identifier. In another example, the conference session is automatically transferred from a client computing device to a component associated with the specific location such as a room display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2017Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Ross Garrett Cutler, Andrew Peter Sinclair, Jonathan Adam Kauffman, Anton Krantz
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Patent number: 9609066Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for enhancing ad-hoc online meetings. In an implementation, a service client receives an initial handoff of an online session from an initial service client that was ongoing between the initial service client and at least one other service client. The service client detects when proximate to an in-room service client. When proximate to the in-room service client, the service client initiate a subsequent handoff of the online session to the in-room service client.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ross Garrett Cutler, Andrew Peter Sinclair, Jonathan Adam Kauffman, Anton Krantz
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Patent number: 9407621Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for a mechanism by which participants who have been invited to attend a conference event can provide authentication credentials to join the conference event via a console application. When an individual attempts to join a conference event via a console application, the individual is prompted to provide his or her authentication credentials to join the conference event. The console application may inherit the individual's permissions during the conference event.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Mohammad Nasir Vakil, Anton Krantz, Dhigha Sekaran, Vijay Kishen Hampapur Parthasarathy
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Publication number: 20160125346Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance meeting technology. In an implementation, a meetings graph may be generated for a meeting between various participants in the meeting. An effectiveness of the meeting may be identified based at least in part on a comparison of the meetings graph to a model meetings graph for a model meeting. An indication of the effectiveness of the meeting may then be communicated to at least an application for surfacing in a user interface to the application.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Anton Krantz, Ross Garrett Cutler, Andrew Peter Sinclair, Jonathan Adam Kauffman
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Publication number: 20150350333Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for enhancing ad-hoc online meetings. A service client, when executed by a computing system, directs the computing system to at least detect an in-room discovery signal, identify a room from the in-room discovery signal, identify a session based on the room associated with the in-room discovery signal, and join the session.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Ross Garrett Cutler, Andrew Peter Sinclair, Jonathan Adam Kauffman, Anton Krantz
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Publication number: 20150350267Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for enhancing ad-hoc online meetings. In an implementation, a service client receives an initial handoff of an online session from an initial service client that was ongoing between the initial service client and at least one other service client. The service client detects when proximate to an in-room service client. When proximate to the in-room service client, the service client initiate a subsequent handoff of the online session to the in-room service client.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Ross Garrett Cutler, Andrew Peter Sinclair, Jonathan Adam Kauffman, Anton Krantz
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Patent number: 9191616Abstract: An event computer receives video in which one or more local participants of a conferencing event are viewable. The event computer receives head detection information of the local participants and assigns contextual data to the head detection information for each of the local participants for which head detection information is received. The event computer then sends the video, the head detection information, and the contextual data to one or more remote participant computer systems by which one or more remote participants can view the local participants and their corresponding contextual data within the video.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2011Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Anton Krantz
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Patent number: 8943560Abstract: Techniques to manage digital telephones are described. An apparatus may comprise a digital telephone management component having a telephone interface module operative to receive security information in the form of a personal identification number (PIN) for an operator or device. The digital telephone management component may also comprise a telephone security module communicatively coupled to the telephone interface module, the telephone security module operative to receive encrypted security credentials from a computing device, and decrypt the encrypted security credentials with the PIN. The digital telephone management component may further comprise a telephone authentication module communicatively coupled to the telephone security module, the telephone authentication module operative to authenticate the digital telephone using the security credentials. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2008Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Anton Krantz, Rajesh Ramanathan, Adrian Potra
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Publication number: 20150012984Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for a mechanism by which participants who have been invited to attend a conference event can provide authentication credentials to join the conference event via a console application. When an individual attempts to join a conference event via a console application, the individual is prompted to provide his or her authentication credentials to join the conference event. The console application may inherit the individual's permissions during the conference event.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Mohammad Nasir Vakil, Anton Krantz, Dhigha Sekaran, Vijay Kishen Hampapur Parthasarathy
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Patent number: 8850522Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for a mechanism by which participants who have been invited to attend a conference event and who are physically present within a conference event environment, such as a meeting room, can provide authentication credentials to join the conference event via a conference event environment system. When an individual attempts to join a conference event via a conference event environment system, the individual is prompted to provide his or her authentication credentials to join the conference event via the conference event environment system to participate in the conference event. The conference event environment system may inherit the individual's permissions, such as in regards to whether or not the individual has been permitted to present content during the conference event. A conference event roster may be used to indicate that the individual has joined the conference via the conference event environment system.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Mohammad Nasir Vakil, Anton Krantz, Dhigha Sekaran, Vijay Kishen Hampapur Parthasarathy
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Patent number: 8788715Abstract: A system and method for carrying out network and interface selections across multiple media is disclosed. The disclosed system facilitates automated network interface configuration decision-making that spans a set of networks supporting communications via differing media. A set of media specific modules associated with differing communications media acquire network interface status/capabilities information. A rules engine thereafter applies a designated network selection rule(s) to the acquired network interface status/capabilities information, and any other appropriate parameters attributable to either an interface or network, to select one or more networks and interfaces with which to establish/maintain a connection.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Anton Krantz, Warren V. Barkley, Dan Knudson, Florin Teodorescu, Mohammad Shabbir Alam, Vivek Bhanu, Edwin A. Hernandez-Mondragon, Taroon Mandhana, Timothy M. Moore, Abhishek Abhishek
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Publication number: 20130263216Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for a mechanism by which participants who have been invited to attend a conference event and who are physically present within a conference event environment, such as a meeting room, can provide authentication credentials to join the conference event via a conference event environment system. When an individual attempts to join a conference event via a conference event environment system, the individual is prompted to provide his or her authentication credentials to join the conference event via the conference event environment system to participate in the conference event. The conference event environment system may inherit the individual's permissions, such as in regards to whether or not the individual has been permitted to present content during the conference event. A conference event roster may be used to indicate that the individual has joined the conference via the conference event environment system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Mohammad Nasir Vakil, Anton Krantz, Dhigha Sekaran, Vijay Kishen Hampapur Parthasarathy