Patents by Inventor James Leo MURTAUGH, III

James Leo MURTAUGH, III 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).

  • System and method for managing multi-media conferences using group segmentation
    Patent number: 10498778
    Abstract: A conference management system that is capable of managing one or more panels within a teleconference. The conference manager is capable of receiving commands for the purposes of configuring one or more panels and, during a teleconference, activating various panels at various times. In particular, the conference manager is configured to add participants in a teleconference to a panel. The conference manager is also configured to activate a panel, which has the effect of unmuting the audio and video media of the participants previously identified as members of the panel. The conference manager can be further configured to restore the conference to its previous mode, such as a lecture mode in which a lecturer participant is identified as a permanent speaker such that activating and deactivating a panel does not result in the lecturer being muted. Muting treatments other than activating a panel can also be applied to the teleconference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Tata Communications (America) Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen K. Lau, James Leo Murtaugh, III, Joseph W. Nocchi, Lee Joseph Wilson
  • System and method for managing multi-media conferences using group segmentation
    Publication number: 20180262542
    Abstract: A conference management system that is capable of managing one or more panels within a teleconference. The conference manager is capable of receiving commands for the purposes of configuring one or more panels and, during a teleconference, activating various panels at various times. In particular, the conference manager is configured to add participants in a teleconference to a panel. The conference manager is also configured to activate a panel, which has the effect of unmuting the audio and video media of the participants previously identified as members of the panel. The conference manager can be further configured to restore the conference to its previous mode, such as a lecture mode in which a lecturer participant is identified as a permanent speaker such that activating and deactivating a panel does not result in the lecturer being muted. Muting treatments other than activating a panel can also be applied to the teleconference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen K. LAU, James Leo MURTAUGH, III, Joseph W. NOCCHI, Lee Joseph WILSON
  • System and method for managing multi-media conferences using group segmentation
    Patent number: 9979759
    Abstract: A conference management system that is capable of managing one or more panels within a teleconference. The conference manager is capable of receiving commands for the purposes of configuring one or more panels and, during a teleconference, activating various panels at various times. In particular, the conference manager is configured to add participants in a teleconference to a panel. The conference manager is also configured to activate a panel, which has the effect of unmuting the audio and video media of the participants previously identified as members of the panel. The conference manager can be further configured to restore the conference to its previous mode, such as a lecture mode in which a lecturer participant is identified as a permanent speaker such that activating and deactivating a panel does not result in the lecturer being muted. Muting treatments other than activating a panel can also be applied to the teleconference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Tata Communications (America) Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen K Lau, James Leo Murtaugh, III, Joseph W Nocchi, Lee Joseph Wilson
  • System and method for managing multi-media conferences using group segmentation
    Publication number: 20170093936
    Abstract: A conference management system that is capable of managing one or more panels within a teleconference. The conference manager is capable of receiving commands for the purposes of configuring one or more panels and, during a teleconference, activating various panels at various times. In particular, the conference manager is configured to add participants in a teleconference to a panel. The conference manager is also configured to activate a panel, which has the effect of unmuting the audio and video media of the participants previously identified as members of the panel. The conference manager can be further configured to restore the conference to its previous mode, such as a lecture mode in which a lecturer participant is identified as a permanent speaker such that activating and deactivating a panel does not result in the lecturer being muted. Muting treatments other than activating a panel can also be applied to the teleconference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen K LAU, James Leo MURTAUGH, III, Joseph W Nocchi, Lee Joseph Wilson