Patents by Inventor Karsten Seipp

Karsten Seipp 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).

  • Patent number: 12519671
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a computer-implemented method for enabling private communications during a videoconference. The method includes receiving interface data associated with input from a first participant to a first participant device associated with the first participant and participating in the videoconference. The interface data includes requesting limiting transmission of communication data to a second participant device associated with a second participant and participating in the videoconference while excluding transmission of the communication data to third participant device(s) participating in the videoconference. The method includes obtaining the communication data associated with the first participant including audio data associated with the first participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Karsten Seipp
  • Publication number: 20250329091
    Abstract: A method includes causing a virtual meeting UI to be presented during a virtual meeting between participants. The virtual meeting UI includes a first region corresponding to a first participant and includes a first visual representation having a first visual characteristic associated with first participant data of the first participant. The method includes determining that the first participant is a current speaker of the virtual meeting and animating the first visual representation. The method includes determining, while the first participant is speaking, that the first participant data has changed and determining, based on the changed first participant data, a second visual characteristic for the first visual representation. The method includes causing the first visual representation to be animated to have the second visual characteristic to indicate that the first participant is the current speaker of the virtual meeting and that the first participant data has changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Inventors: Kelly Leigh Dern, Avery Daniel Wilson Fisher, Justin Volz, Karsten Seipp
  • Publication number: 20240386604
    Abstract: Systems and methods for signaling deviations in a user position during a video conference are provided. A reference position of a user within a field of view (FOV) of a camera associated with a client device is determined. The user is one of a plurality of participants of a video conference. A video stream generated by the camera associated with the client device is then received. The video stream comprises an image of the user of the client device. From the image, a current position of the user within the FOV is determined. Responsive to determining that a value of a metric reflecting a deviation of the current position from the reference position satisfies a threshold criterion, an alert to the user is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Karsten Seipp, Anton Volkov
  • Publication number: 20240080213
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a computer-implemented method for enabling private communications during a videoconference. The method includes receiving interface data associated with input from a first participant to a first participant device associated with the first participant and participating in the videoconference. The interface data includes requesting limiting transmission of communication data to a second participant device associated with a second participant and participating in the videoconference while excluding transmission of the communication data to third participant device(s) participating in the videoconference. The method includes obtaining the communication data associated with the first participant including audio data associated with the first participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Karsten Seipp
  • Publication number: 20240073053
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a computer-implemented method for enabling private communications during a videoconference. The method includes receiving interface data associated with input from a first participant to a first participant device associated with the first participant and participating in the videoconference. The interface data includes requesting limiting transmission of communication data to a second participant device associated with a second participant and participating in the videoconference while excluding transmission of the communication data to third participant device(s) participating in the videoconference. The method includes obtaining the communication data associated with the first participant including audio data associated with the first participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Karsten Seipp
  • Patent number: 11902040
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a computer-implemented method for enabling private communications during a videoconference. The method includes receiving interface data associated with input from a first participant to a first participant device associated with the first participant and participating in the videoconference. The interface data includes requesting limiting transmission of communication data to a second participant device associated with a second participant and participating in the videoconference while excluding transmission of the communication data to third participant device(s) participating in the videoconference. The method includes obtaining the communication data associated with the first participant including audio data associated with the first participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Karsten Seipp
  • Patent number: 11540078
    Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-attendee video conferencing are described. A system can perform spatial audio modulation techniques in video conference calls based on content type or participant role. In particular, by assigning user roles and content types to specific regions in a two- or three-dimensional audio sound space or “soundstage,” users can identify—simply by listening—the source of the audio (e.g., who the current speaker is and/or whether the sound came from a specific type of content). Thus, in example implementations of the present disclosure, each of a number of conference roles and/or content types can be allocated a particular virtual location within the audio soundstage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Karsten Seipp, Jae Pum Park, Anton Volkov
  • Publication number: 20220394413
    Abstract: Systems and methods for multi-attendee video conferencing are described. A system can perform spatial audio modulation techniques in video conference calls based on content type or participant role. In particular, by assigning user roles and content types to specific regions in a two- or three-dimensional audio sound space or “soundstage,” users can identify—simply by listening—the source of the audio (e.g., who the current speaker is and/or whether the sound came from a specific type of content). Thus, in example implementations of the present disclosure, each of a number of conference roles and/or content types can be allocated a particular virtual location within the audio soundstage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Karsten Seipp, Jae Pum Park, Anton Volkov