Patents by Inventor James Carroll West

James Carroll West 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).

  • Publication number: 20230053256
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing dynamic media sessions with audio stream expansion features are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include: receiving an indication that audio content associated with a video content item is to be presented by a follower device synchronously with the audio content presented by the leader device; identifying candidate follower devices by determining whether devices connected to a local area network are capable of being designated as a follower device; causing a user interface to be presented that indicates each candidate follower device; receiving, via the user interface, a selection of one of the candidate follower devices; and transmitting, from the leader to the selected follower device, control instructions that cause the audio content associated with the video content item to be presented synchronously by the selected follower device with the video content item presented by the leader device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Google LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Chan, Kenneth J. MacKay, James Carroll West
  • Patent number: 11553254
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing dynamic media sessions with audio stream expansion features are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include: receiving an indication that audio content associated with a video content item is to be presented by a follower device synchronously with the audio content presented by the leader device; identifying candidate follower devices by determining whether devices connected to a local area network are capable of being designated as a follower device; causing a user interface to be presented that indicates each candidate follower device; receiving, via the user interface, a selection of one of the candidate follower devices; and transmitting, from the leader to the selected follower device, control instructions that cause the audio content associated with the video content item to be presented synchronously by the selected follower device with the video content item presented by the leader device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Chan, Kenneth J. MacKay, James Carroll West
  • Publication number: 20220210502
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing dynamic media sessions are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Chris Chan, Kenneth J. Mackay, James Carroll West, Tavis A. Maclellan
  • Publication number: 20210185403
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing dynamic media sessions with audio stream expansion features are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include: receiving an indication that audio content associated with a video content item is to be presented by a follower device synchronously with the audio content presented by the leader device; identifying candidate follower devices by determining whether devices connected to a local area network are capable of being designated as a follower device; causing a user interface to be presented that indicates each candidate follower device; receiving, via the user interface, a selection of one of the candidate follower devices; and transmitting, from the leader to the selected follower device, control instructions that cause the audio content associated with the video content item to be presented synchronously by the selected follower device with the video content item presented by the leader device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Chan, Kenneth J. MacKay, James Carroll West
  • Publication number: 20210185365
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing dynamic media sessions with video stream transfer features are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include: receiving an indication that presentation of the video content item is to be transferred from the first display device to a different display device; in response to receiving the indication, determining whether the first display device supports transferring the presentation of the video content item and determining whether the different display device is capable of presenting the video content item; and transmitting an indication that presentation of the video content item is to be transferred from the first display device to the different display device, wherein the video content item is played back using the different display device from a playback position that is based on the playback state from the first display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Chan, Kenneth J. MacKay, Allan Mills, Yanchao Wang, James Carroll West