Patents by Inventor Benjamin J. Hutchison

Benjamin J. Hutchison 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).

  • Simultaneous remote connection of heterogeneous conferencing systems to the same conference
    Patent number: 10541823
    Abstract: Video conferencing is provisioned with, for example, procedures for simultaneously connecting two or more endpoints to the same video conference. Such procedures may be particularly useful for automatically initiating a video conference involving room system endpoints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Blue Jeans Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicklas R. Johnson, Benjamin J. Hutchison
  • Secure, customer-controlled storage for cloud-managed meeting details
    Patent number: 10491577
    Abstract: Embodiments are described for securing access to sensitive information used by on-premises devices in a distributed system. For example, embodiments include securing access to sensitive calendar items in a video conferencing service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Blue Jeans Network, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicklas R. Johnson, Benjamin J. Hutchison
  • SECURE, CUSTOMER-CONTROLLED STORAGE FOR CLOUD-MANAGED MEETING DETAILS
    Publication number: 20190116167
    Abstract: Embodiments are described for securing access to sensitive information used by on-premises devices in a distributed system. For example, embodiments include securing access to sensitive calendar items in a video conferencing service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Nicklas R. Johnson, Benjamin J. Hutchison
  • SIMULTANEOUS REMOTE CONNECTION OF HETEROGENEOUS CONFERENCING SYSTEMS TO THE SAME CONFERENCE
    Publication number: 20190052472
    Abstract: Embodiments are described for provision of video conferencing with, for example, procedures for simultaneously connecting two or more endpoints to the same video conference. Such procedures may be particularly useful for automatically initiating a video conference involving room system endpoints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Nicklas R. Johnson, Benjamin J. Hutchison
  • User interfaces for presentation of audio/video streams
    Patent number: 9781385
    Abstract: Embodiments are described for a user interface presenting audio and/or video streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: BLUE JEANS NETWORK
    Inventors: Luke Ma, Benjamin J. Hutchison, Umesh S. Chandak
  • Methods and systems for using a mobile device to join a video conference endpoint into a video conference
    Patent number: 9369673
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for joining a video conference endpoint to a video conference. A user may use a mobile device to take a picture of a Quick Response (QR) code or may place the mobile device in close proximity to a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag. Such QR code or NFC tag may be associated with a video conference endpoint. The user may then transmit the information encoded by the QR code or NFC tag, along with a meeting identifier, to a server. The server, in turn, may instruct a video conference endpoint identified by the QR code or NFC tag to join a video conference identified by the meeting identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Blue Jeans Network
    Inventors: Luke Ma, Benjamin J. Hutchison, Oded Gal, Peter Verwayen, Alagu Periyannan
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING A MOBILE DEVICE TO JOIN A VIDEO CONFERENCE ENDPOINT INTO A VIDEO CONFERENCE
    Publication number: 20140313282
    Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for joining a video conference endpoint to a video conference. A user may use a mobile device to take a picture of a Quick Response (QR) code or may place the mobile device in close proximity to a Near Field Communication (NFC) tag. Such QR code or NFC tag may be associated with a video conference endpoint. The user may then transmit the information encoded by the QR code or NFC tag, along with a meeting identifier, to a server. The server, in turn, may instruct a video conference endpoint identified by the QR code or NFC tag to join a video conference identified by the meeting identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Luke Ma, Benjamin J. Hutchison, Oded Gal, Peter Verwayen, Alagu Periyannan