Patents by Inventor Jeffrey William Smith

Jeffrey William Smith 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: 20230037128
    Abstract: Reservations of resources within a dynamic workspace are made and facilitated including by pushing configurations specific to a worker for whom a reservation is made to the resource for a limited time period for the reservation. When the worker arrives for the reservation and checks in, configurations associated with the worker are obtained and pushed to the resource to configure the resource for use by the worker for a time period of the reservation. In some cases, an identity of the worker may be verified to complete the check in process for the reservation. In response to an end time of the reservation being determined, such as based on a scheduled end time for the reservation or based on a determination that the resource has gone unused for some amount of time, the configurations are removed from the resource to prepare the resource for use by a next worker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Cynthia Eshiuan Lee, Harold David Moseley, Jeffrey William Smith
  • Publication number: 20220353465
    Abstract: A conference gallery view intelligence system determines regions of interest for display within views of conferencing software based on input streams received from devices within a conference room during a conference. Conference participants are detected in the conference room based on an input video stream received from a video capture device. A direction of audio from the conference participants is determined based on an input audio stream received from a multi-directional audio capture device. A conversational context within the conference room is then determined based on the direction of the audio and locations of the one or more conference participants in the conference room. A region of interest to output within conferencing software is determined based on the conversational context, and the region of interest is output for display within a view of the conferencing software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey William Smith
  • Publication number: 20220353096
    Abstract: A conference gallery view intelligence system determines at least two regions of interest within a conference room based on an input video stream received from a video capture device located within the conference room. An output video stream for rendering within conferencing software is produced for each of the at least two regions of interest. The output video stream for each of the at least two regions of interest is then transmitted to one or more client devices connected to the conferencing software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey William Smith
  • Publication number: 20220239663
    Abstract: Inter-party communications, such as telephony communications, virtual meeting communications, or messaging communications, are switched between clients while in progress. An inter-party communication may be detected at a first client. A channel may then be opened between the first client and a second client responsive to an operator initiating switching the inter-party communication from the first client to the second client. The inter-party communication may be switched from the first client to the second client using the channel while the inter-party communication remains in progress. The inter-party communication may then be continued at the second client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey William Smith
  • Patent number: 11165789
    Abstract: Application interactions are seamlessly moved between clients of a software platform. An application-based interaction initiated at a first client for which use by an operator is pre-authenticated is detected. An indication of the application-based interaction is signaled to one or more other clients for which use by the operator is pre-authenticated. A determination is made to switch the application-based interaction to a second client of those other clients. The application-based interaction is switched from the first client to the second client while the application-based interaction remains in progress, such as using a communication channel opened between the first client and the second client. The operator may then continue and eventually terminate the application-based interaction at the second client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey William Smith
  • Patent number: D731996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Border, Christopher Bennett, Thao D. Hovanky, David Clementson, Jeffrey William Smith, Venugopal Kalluri, Lucas E. Saule, Peter Michaelian, Quinn S. Huffstetler, Charles K. Ambler
  • Patent number: D780150
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Border, Christopher Bennett, Thao D. Hovanky, David Clementson, Jeffrey William Smith, Venugopal Kalluri, Lucas E. Saule, Peter Michaelian, Quinn S. Huffstetler, Charles K. Ambler
  • Patent number: D856298
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Border, Christopher Bennett, Thao Hovanky, David Clementson, Jeffrey William Smith, Venugopal Kalluri, Lucas E. Saule, Peter Michaelian, Quinn Slater Huffstetler, Charles Kirby Ambler
  • Patent number: D952593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Border, Christopher Bennett, Thao Hovanky, David Clementson, Jeffrey William Smith, Venugopal Kalluri, Lucas E. Saule, Peter Michaelian, Quinn Slater Huffstetler, Charles Kirby Ambler