Patents by Inventor Gordon Robert Parke

Gordon Robert Parke 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).

  • Pre-composing graphical elements for use by a separate real-time media process
    Patent number: 11509864
    Abstract: A method for arranging a layout for a videoconference includes defining a first size, a first location, and a z-axis position of a first video pane in the layout for the videoconference, adding a first graphic object to the layout at a second z-axis position, adding a first text object to the layout at a third z-axis position, merging the first graphic object and the first text object into a merged graphic object having a fourth z-axis position, and sending information representative of the first size, the first location, and the z-axis position of the first video pane, and the merged graphic object and the fourth z-axis position of the merged graphic object to a playback service. Thus, e.g., the playback service need not have access to the fonts used for the text object and need only render a limited number of overall graphic objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Armstrong Hanton, Gordon Robert Parke
  • PRE-COMPOSING GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS FOR USE BY A SEPARATE REAL-TIME MEDIA PROCESS
    Publication number: 20220360741
    Abstract: A method for arranging a layout for a videoconference includes defining a first size, a first location, and a z-axis position of a first video pane in the layout for the videoconference, adding a first graphic object to the layout at a second z-axis position, adding a first text object to the layout at a third z-axis position, merging the first graphic object and the first text object into a merged graphic object having a fourth z-axis position, and sending information representative of the first size, the first location, and the z-axis position of the first video pane, and the merged graphic object and the fourth z-axis position of the merged graphic object to a playback service. Thus, e.g., the playback service need not have access to the fonts used for the text object and need only render a limited number of overall graphic objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Armstrong Hanton, Gordon Robert Parke