Patents by Inventor Jonathan D. Bowen

Jonathan D. Bowen 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).

  • Video Conference Control System and Method
    Publication number: 20150130888
    Abstract: A local video conference system executing a video conference application, that lacks an ability or functionality to control a remote camera of a remote video conference system, can display video from the remote video conference system. The local video conference system can also execute a controller application that can provide the local video conference system control of the remote camera. The controller application can receive user input that selects a region of multiple regions of a display window of the video conference application indicating a camera action for the remote camera, can determine a camera action based on the user input and the selected region, and can provide the camera action to the remote video conference system via a network. The remote video conference system can pan, tilt, and/or zoom the remote camera based on the camera action received from the controller application of the local video conference system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: VTEL PRODUCTS CORPORATION, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Bowen, William Todd Clayton, Richard P. Ford
  • Video conference control system and method
    Patent number: 8970653
    Abstract: A local video conference system executing a video conference application, that lacks an ability or functionality to control a remote camera of a remote video conference system, can display video from the remote video conference system. The local video conference system can also execute a controller application that can provide the local video conference system control of the remote camera. The controller application can receive user input that selects a region of multiple regions of a display window of the video conference application indicating a camera action for the remote camera, can determine a camera action based on the user input and the selected region, and can provide the camera action to the remote video conference system via a network. The remote video conference system can pan, tilt, and/or zoom the remote camera based on the camera action received from the controller application of the local video conference system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: VTEL Products Corporation, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Bowen, William Todd Clayton, Richard P. Ford
  • VIDEO CONFERENCE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20120320141
    Abstract: A local video conference system executing a video conference application, that lacks an ability or functionality to control a remote camera of a remote video conference system, can display video from the remote video conference system. The local video conference system can also execute a controller application that can provide the local video conference system control of the remote camera. The controller application can receive user input that selects a region of multiple regions of a display window of the video conference application indicating a camera action for the remote camera, can determine a camera action based on the user input and the selected region, and can provide the camera action to the remote video conference system via a network. The remote video conference system can pan, tilt, and/or zoom the remote camera based on the camera action received from the controller application of the local video conference system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: VTEL PRODUCTS CORPORATION, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Bowen, William Todd Clayton