Patents by Inventor Anton W. Krantz
Anton W. 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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Publication number: 20220321572Abstract: Various embodiments enable an application on a first device to log into an online meeting in association with a trusted entity, such as a trusted user. Once trust is established between the trusted entity and the meeting domain, such as an enterprise domain, permissions can be assigned to a meeting device, by virtue of the trust relationship with the trusted entity, to enable the meeting device to join the meeting as a participant, thus allowing the meeting device to bypass an initial join process such as a meeting lobby and the like. By virtue of the assigned permissions, the meeting device may take control of the meeting and control the experience for others in the meeting as a meeting organizer or some other permission-centric role.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Chaim Fried, Anton W. Krantz
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Patent number: 11388173Abstract: Various embodiments enable an application on a first device to log into an online meeting in association with a trusted entity, such as a trusted user. Once trust is established between the trusted entity and the meeting domain, such as an enterprise domain, permissions can be assigned to a meeting device, by virtue of the trust relationship with the trusted entity, to enable the meeting device to join the meeting as a participant, thus allowing the meeting device to bypass an initial join process such as a meeting lobby and the like. By virtue of the assigned permissions, the meeting device may take control of the meeting and control the experience for others in the meeting as a fleeting organizer or some other permission-centric role.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Chaim Fried, Anton W. Krantz
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Publication number: 20210014237Abstract: Various embodiments enable an application on a first device to log into an online meeting in association with a trusted entity, such as a trusted user. Once trust is established between the trusted entity and the meeting domain, such as an enterprise domain, permissions can be assigned to a meeting device, by virtue of the trust relationship with the trusted entity, to enable the meeting device to join the meeting as a participant, thus allowing the meeting device to bypass an initial join process such as a meeting lobby and the like. By virtue of the assigned permissions, the meeting device may take control of the meeting and control the experience for others in the meeting as a fleeting organizer or some other permission-centric role.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Chaim Fried, Anton W. Krantz
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Patent number: 10771473Abstract: Various embodiments enable an application on a first device to log into an online meeting in association with a trusted entity, such as a trusted user. Once trust is established between the trusted entity and the meeting domain, such as an enterprise domain, permissions can be assigned to a meeting device, by virtue of the trust relationship with the trusted entity, to enable the meeting device to join the meeting as a participant, thus allowing the meeting device to bypass an initial join process such as a meeting lobby and the like. By virtue of the assigned permissions, the meeting device may take control of the meeting and control the experience for others in the meeting as a meeting organizer or some other permission-centric role.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Chaim Fried, Anton W. Krantz
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Patent number: 10764302Abstract: Various embodiments enable an application on a first device to log into an online meeting in association with a trusted entity, such as a trusted user. Once trust is established between the trusted entity and the meeting domain, such as an enterprise domain, permissions can be assigned to a meeting device, by virtue of the trust relationship with the trusted entity, to enable the meeting device to join the meeting as a participant, thus allowing the meeting device to bypass an initial join process such as a meeting lobby and the like. By virtue of the assigned permissions, the meeting device may take control of the meeting and control the experience for others in the meeting as a meeting organizer or some other permission-centric role.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Chaim Fried, Anton W. Krantz
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Patent number: 10085102Abstract: Devices connected with a computer system are interrogated to detect whether they are configured and functioning. In an audio device implementation, a known audio sample is output to a loudspeaker. If the loudspeaker is properly configured and functional, an attached microphone will capture the sound corresponding to the audio sample generated by the loudspeaker. If sound corresponding to the audio sample is detected, an indication is provided to the user that the microphone and loudspeaker are operational. If no sound corresponding to the audio sample is detected, an indication is provided to the user that the loudspeaker is not enabled and additional configuration is required.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Anton W. Krantz, William L. Looney
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Publication number: 20180241754Abstract: Various embodiments enable an application on a first device to log into an online meeting in association with a trusted entity, such as a trusted user. Once trust is established between the trusted entity and the meeting domain, such as an enterprise domain, permissions can be assigned to a meeting device, by virtue of the trust relationship with the trusted entity, to enable the meeting device to join the meeting as a participant, thus allowing the meeting device to bypass an initial join process such as a meeting lobby and the like. By virtue of the assigned permissions, the meeting device may take control of the meeting and control the experience for others in the meeting as a meeting organizer or some other permission-centric role.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Chaim Fried, Anton W. Krantz
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Publication number: 20180241753Abstract: Various embodiments enable an application on a first device to log into an online meeting in association with a trusted entity, such as a trusted user. Once trust is established between the trusted entity and the meeting domain, such as an enterprise domain, permissions can be assigned to a meeting device, by virtue of the trust relationship with the trusted entity, to enable the meeting device to join the meeting as a participant, thus allowing the meeting device to bypass an initial join process such as a meeting lobby and the like. By virtue of the assigned permissions, the meeting device may take control of the meeting and control the experience for others in the meeting as a meeting organizer or some other permission-centric role.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Chaim Fried, Anton W. Krantz
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Publication number: 20180241755Abstract: Various embodiments enable an application on a first device to log into an online meeting in association with a trusted entity, such as a trusted user. Once trust is established between the trusted entity and the meeting domain, such as an enterprise domain, permissions can be assigned to a meeting device, by virtue of the trust relationship with the trusted entity, to enable the meeting device to join the meeting as a participant, thus allowing the meeting device to bypass an initial join process such as a meeting lobby and the like. By virtue of the assigned permissions, the meeting device may take control of the meeting and control the experience for others in the meeting as a meeting organizer or some other permission-centric role.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Chaim Fried, Anton W. Krantz
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Patent number: 9774571Abstract: Various embodiments enable meeting room devices to be produced such that, after purchase, the devices can be automatically provisioned by a meeting service. Automatic provisioning takes place over a communication network through a trust relationship that is established between the meeting room device and the meeting service.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Anton W. Krantz, Chaim Fried
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Publication number: 20170150285Abstract: Devices connected with a computer system are interrogated to detect whether they are configured and functioning. In an audio device implementation, a known audio sample is output to a loudspeaker. If the loudspeaker is properly configured and functional, an attached microphone will capture the sound corresponding to the audio sample generated by the loudspeaker. If sound corresponding to the audio sample is detected, an indication is provided to the user that the microphone and loudspeaker are operational. If no sound corresponding to the audio sample is detected, an indication is provided to the user that the loudspeaker is not enabled and additional configuration is required.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Anton W. Krantz, William L. Looney
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Patent number: 9544703Abstract: Devices connected with a computer system are interrogated to detect whether they are configured and functioning. In an audio device implementation, a known audio sample is output to a loudspeaker. If the loudspeaker is properly configured and functional, an attached microphone will capture the sound corresponding to the audio sample generated by the loudspeaker. If sound corresponding to the audio sample is detected, an indication is provided to the user that the microphone and loudspeaker are operational. If no sound corresponding to the audio sample is detected, an indication is provided to the user that the loudspeaker is not enabled and additional configuration is required.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Anton W. Krantz, William L. Looney
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Patent number: 9531695Abstract: Architecture that facilitates the conveyance of a trust level when the caller makes a call, the trust level in dependence on the state of the caller system. The callee (call recipient) receives notification of the trust level and can use this information in the communication such as to request verification from the caller and/or initiate other modes of communication. A caller can authenticate the caller identity in different ways to a communication server. Based on that, the server can assign an appropriate server-verified trust level to the caller. Further, an unsecured phone controller can indicate a lower client-side defined trust level. The server verified and client-side trust levels are then sent to the callee, where the callee determines whether to allow caller access to one or more secured features based on the feature values and the trust level imposed by the callee to access those features.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2009Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Lokesh Srinivas Koppolu, Amritansh Raghav, Anton W. Krantz
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Publication number: 20160269366Abstract: Various embodiments enable meeting room devices to be produced such that, after purchase, the devices can be automatically provisioned by a meeting service. Automatic provisioning takes place over a communication network through a trust relationship that is established between the meeting room device and the meeting service.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Anton W. Krantz, Chaim Fried
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Publication number: 20160269409Abstract: Various embodiments enable an application on a first device to log into an online meeting in association with a trusted entity, such as a trusted user. Once trust is established between the trusted entity and the meeting domain, such as an enterprise domain, permissions can be assigned to a meeting device, by virtue of the trust relationship with the trusted entity, to enable the meeting device to join the meeting as a participant, thus allowing the meeting device to bypass an initial join process such as a meeting lobby and the like. By virtue of the assigned permissions, the meeting device may take control of the meeting and control the experience for others in the meeting as a meeting organizer or some other permission-centric role.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2015Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Chaim Fried, Anton W. Krantz
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Publication number: 20160191575Abstract: Various embodiments provide a bridge device that can enable a conferencing communication platform, such as audio/visual conferencing software, to discover that it is in a large meeting context and, automatically enter a so-called “large meeting mode.” In the large meeting mode, the conferencing communication platform can automatically apply policies associated with establishing the meeting and automatically select meeting room equipment for use during the meeting. In addition, the conferencing communication platform can provide a user interface experience to enable a meeting organizer to quickly select and/or modify various meeting parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Shreyans Rai Jain, Anton W. Krantz
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Patent number: 9246693Abstract: The architecture facilitates the association of resources (e.g., hardware software) with a meeting location such as a conference room or conference space. Additionally, the room and resources can be associated with a realtime conference or meeting at the meeting location. Still further, the resources can be automatically joined to the meeting being held in the room, for both the organizer of the meeting and the remote participants of the meeting. The resources are network addressable and register to a communications infrastructure for online availability. The architecture automatically joins the conference room resources to any conference or call that is being held in the locale (e.g., room) of the conference, and which the user has joined using a realtime conferencing application. The resources distributed across multiple meeting locations can be utilized for a single session, as well.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Anton W. Krantz, Brian S. Meek
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Publication number: 20150200786Abstract: Techniques for accessing and configuring meeting attributes are described. In at least some embodiments, a meeting object is leveraged to store meeting attributes and pointers to meeting-related content. A meeting object, for instance, can serve as a manifest for meeting attributes. According to various embodiments, different entities (e.g., applications, services, and so forth) can access a meeting object to ascertain and/or configure meeting attributes for a meeting. For instance, a meeting application programming interface (API) can be employed to enable different entities to interact with a meeting object in various ways.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2014Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Nathaniel W. Stott, Andrew Richard Simonds, Daniel Cramer Stevenson, Srikanth Shoroff, Amey Parandekar, Mohammad Nasir Vakil, Anton W. Krantz
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Patent number: 9065903Abstract: Architecture for a communications system enabling a user to provision a telephone at a new location without network administrative pre-configuring. An input component (e.g., keypad) receives a numeric extension and PIN. The extension is a telephone extension of the user and the PIN can be administratively assigned. A location component provides location information of an enterprise communications server to the telephone based on the extension. The telephone uses the location information to send messages to the enterprise communications server. A registration component registers the telephone with the enterprise communications server based on the numeric extension. A telephony address is returned to the telephone. An authentication component authenticates the telephone based on the PIN. Upon authentication, the extension is assigned to the telephone, and telephone communications can be sent and received from that location.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Anton W. Krantz, Amey Parandekar, Vadim Eydelman, Sankaran Narayanan, Namendra Kumar, Sachin Sheth
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Publication number: 20150067536Abstract: Various embodiments provide an ability to join a virtual conference session using a single input-gesture and/or action. Upon joining the virtual conference, some embodiments enable a computing device to share content within the virtual conference session responsive to receiving a single input-gesture and/or action. Alternately or additionally, the computing device can acquire content being shared within the virtual conference session responsive to receiving a single input-gesture and/or action. In some cases, content can be exchanged between multiple computing devices connected to the virtual conference session.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Simone Leorin, Anton W. Krantz, William George Verthein, Devi Brunsch, Nghiep Duy Duong, Steven Wei Shaw