Patents by Inventor John Holvey

John Holvey 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).

  • Framework to support a hybrid of meshed endpoints with non-meshed endpoints
    Patent number: 10356365
    Abstract: A videoconferencing system includes a hybrid MCU configured to act as a hybrid mesh participant in a videoconference. The hybrid MCU may include a processing module to mix videoconference media data received by the hybrid MCU in data streams transmitted from mesh and non-mesh endpoints. The hybrid MCU may further include a forking module to fork combined video/audio data streams received by the hybrid MCU to provide separate video and audio data streams to each mesh endpoint. The hybrid MCU may be configured to provide a mixed video/audio data steam to each non-mesh endpoint of the videoconference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: CafeX Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Glass, Kris Hopkins, John Holvey, Sean O'Loughlin
  • FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT A HYBRID OF MESHED ENDPOINTS WITH NON-MESHED ENDPOINTS
    Publication number: 20170195632
    Abstract: A videoconferencing system includes a hybrid MCU configured to act as a hybrid mesh participant in a videoconference. The hybrid MCU may include a processing module to mix videoconference media data received by the hybrid MCU in data streams transmitted from mesh and non-mesh endpoints. The hybrid MCU may further include a forking module to fork combined video/audio data streams received by the hybrid MCU to provide separate video and audio data streams to each mesh endpoint. The hybrid MCU may be configured to provide a mixed video/audio data steam to each non-mesh endpoint of the videoconference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: CafeX Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Glass, Kris Hopkins, John Holvey, Sean O'Loughlin
  • Framework to support a hybrid of meshed endpoints with non-meshed endpoints
    Patent number: 9602772
    Abstract: A videoconferencing system includes a hybrid MCU configured to act as a hybrid mesh participant in a videoconference. The hybrid MCU may include a processing module to mix videoconference media data received by the hybrid MCU in data streams transmitted from mesh and non-mesh endpoints. The hybrid MCU may further include a forking module to fork combined video/audio data streams received by the hybrid MCU to provide separate video and audio data streams to each mesh endpoint. The hybrid MCU may be configured to provide a mixed video/audio data steam to each non-mesh endpoint of the videoconference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: CafeX Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Glass, Kris Hopkins, John Holvey, Sean O'Loughlin
  • FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT A HYBRID OF MESHED ENDPOINTS WITH NON-MESHED ENDPOINTS
    Publication number: 20170019638
    Abstract: A videoconferencing system includes a hybrid MCU configured to act as a hybrid mesh participant in a videoconference. The hybrid MCU may include a processing module to mix videoconference media data received by the hybrid MCU in data streams transmitted from mesh and non-mesh endpoints. The hybrid MCU may further include a forking module to fork combined video/audio data streams received by the hybrid MCU to provide separate video and audio data streams to each mesh endpoint. The hybrid MCU may be configured to provide a mixed video/audio data steam to each non-mesh endpoint of the videoconference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: CafeX Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Glass, Kris Hopkins, John Holvey, Sean O'Loughlin
  • NETWORK OPTIMIZATION OF PEER-TO-PEER TELECONFERENCING
    Publication number: 20150358368
    Abstract: Systems (100) and methods (900) for controlling distribution of media streams during a teleconference. The methods comprise: configuring, by a central controller (102), a media stream flow between user nodes (106-132) which are participating or are to participate in the teleconference based on one or more first parameters; periodically determining, by the central controller, an end-to-end latency for each pair of the user nodes during the teleconference; and dynamically re-configuring, by the central controller, the media stream flow between the user nodes participating in the teleconference in view of the end-to-end latencies which were previously determined. The media stream flow is configured/re-configured by ordering the user nodes into a daisy chain structure (300, 400), a tree structure (500, 600, 602) or a hybrid structure (700, 800). The structure in which the user nodes are configured can be different than the structure in which the user nodes are subsequently re-configured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: CafeX Communications, Ltd.
    Inventors: KEVIN J. WISEMAN, Kevin J. Glass, John Holvey, Alexander R. Lewis
  • FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT A HYBRID OF MESHED ENDPOINTS WITH NON-MESHED ENDPOINTS
    Publication number: 20150288926
    Abstract: A videoconferencing system includes a hybrid MCU configured to act as a hybrid mesh participant in a videoconference. The hybrid MCU may include a processing module to mix videoconference media data received by the hybrid MCU in data streams transmitted from mesh and non-mesh endpoints. The hybrid MCU may further include a forking module to fork combined video/audio data streams received by the hybrid MCU to provide separate video and audio data streams to each mesh endpoint. The hybrid MCU may be configured to provide a mixed video/audio data steam to each non-mesh endpoint of the videoconference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: CafeX Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Glass, Kris Hopkins, John Holvey, Sean O'Loughlin