Patents by Inventor Martin Arastafar

Martin Arastafar 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: 20250165551
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a resource preview in a communication session. The systems and methods may include receiving a link associated with a resource from a sender to a recipient. The systems and method may further include displaying a resource preview as a function of the received link and a stored preview-setting profile. The preview-setting profile may include a recipient-based preview setting, an environment-based preview setting, or a sender-based preview setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher VAN RENSBURG, Martin ARASTAFAR
  • Publication number: 20250133166
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing call connection in response to user action, the method including receiving a first user action from a user associated with making a call connection, wherein the first user action comprises any of copying at least part of a phone number, pasting at least part of the phone number, or inputting at least part of the phone number. The method also includes determining one or more call recipients based on the first user action. The method also includes establishing one or more silent call connections based on the determined one or more call recipients, wherein each of the one or more silent call connections comprises a call connection with a predetermined parameter so that there are no incoming call indicators on one or more devices associated with the one or more call recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
    Inventors: QingHua CAI, JianWei CHEN, WeiMing LI, Christopher van RENSBURG, Martin ARASTAFAR
  • Patent number: 12210582
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a resource preview in a communication session. The systems and methods may include receiving a link associated with a resource from a sender to a recipient. The systems and method may further include displaying a resource preview as a function of the received link and a stored preview-setting profile. The preview-setting profile may include a recipient-based preview setting, an environment-based preview setting, or a sender-based preview setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: RingCentral, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Van Rensburg, Martin Arastafar
  • Patent number: 12192412
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing call connection in response to user action, the method including receiving a first user action from a user associated with making a call connection, wherein the first user action comprises any of copying at least part of a phone number, pasting at least part of the phone number, or inputting at least part of the phone number. The method also includes determining one or more call recipients based on the first user action. The method also includes establishing one or more silent call connections based on the determined one or more call recipients, wherein each of the one or more silent call connections comprises a call connection with a predetermined parameter so that there are no incoming call indicators on one or more devices associated with the one or more call recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
    Inventors: QingHua Cai, JianWei Chen, WeiMing Li, Christopher van Rensburg, Martin Arastafar
  • Patent number: 12159265
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an input data from a host to schedule a meeting. The input data may include invitees to the meeting and a time/date associated with the meeting. A first and a second set of invitees from the invitees are determined. The first set of invitees is identified to start a pre-meeting meeting prior to the meeting scheduled at the time/date. The second set of invitees is identified to start the meeting at the time/date. It is appreciated that the pre-meeting meeting and the meeting are merged into a single meeting at a predetermined threshold of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: RingCentral, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnaud Budkiewicz, David Sipes, Simon Tumansky, Arindam Chakraborty, Yufei Mclaughlin, Martin Arastafar, Vlad Vendrow, Phillip Liu, Dipkin Guglani
  • Publication number: 20240236027
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a plurality of textual data from one or more users within an online chat group. The method also includes rendering the plurality of textual data for each user of the online chat group. The method includes further enabling one user from the online chat group to edit a textual data originated by another user from the online chat group. A notification is rendered on a graphical user interface (GUI) that the textual data originated by the another user has been edited. In response to a user selection thereof, the edit is accepted, rejected, or further edited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher van Rensburg, Erik Dmitrievich Parland, Martin Arastafar
  • Publication number: 20240224383
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method for connecting peripheral units to user devices. The method comprises detecting a communication via a first user device connectable to a peripheral unit; detecting a connection intent of the peripheral unit to connect to a second user device; and sending, to the second user device, a command to suppress a connection with the peripheral unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventor: Martin Arastafar
  • Publication number: 20240163239
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a modification to one chat message that forms a modified one chat message. Subsequent chat messages that are posted after the one chat message has been posted are processed. The method includes automatically identifying a chat message from the subsequent chat messages that has a dependency on the one chat message. The method also includes automatically determining whether a content of the chat message from the subsequent chat messages is impacted by the modified one chat message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher van Rensburg, Martin Arastafar, Alexander Pantyukhin
  • Patent number: 11924154
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a modification to one chat message that forms a modified one chat message. Subsequent chat messages that are posted after the one chat message has been posted are processed. The method includes automatically identifying a chat message from the subsequent chat messages that has a dependency on the one chat message. The method also includes automatically determining whether a content of the chat message from the subsequent chat messages is impacted by the modified one chat message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: RingCentral, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher van Rensburg, Martin Arastafar, Alexander Pantyukhin
  • Publication number: 20230396712
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing call connection in response to user action, the method including receiving a first user action from a user associated with making a call connection, wherein the first user action comprises any of copying at least part of a phone number, pasting at least part of the phone number, or inputting at least part of the phone number. The method also includes determining one or more call recipients based on the first user action. The method also includes establishing one or more silent call connections based on the determined one or more call recipients, wherein each of the one or more silent call connections comprises a call connection with a predetermined parameter so that there are no incoming call indicators on one or more devices associated with the one or more call recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
    Inventors: QingHua CAI, JianWei CHEN, WeiMing LI, Christopher van RENSBURG, Martin ARASTAFAR
  • Publication number: 20230359690
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for generating a resource preview in a communication session. The systems and methods may include receiving a link associated with a resource from a sender to a recipient. The systems and method may further include displaying a resource preview as a function of the received link and a stored preview-setting profile. The preview-setting profile may include a recipient-based preview setting, an environment-based preview setting, or a sender-based preview setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher VAN RENSBURG, Martin ARASTAFAR
  • Patent number: 11770479
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing call connection in response to user action, the method including receiving a first user action from a user associated with making a call connection, wherein the first user action comprises any of copying at least part of a phone number, pasting at least part of the phone number, or inputting at least part of the phone number. The method also includes determining one or more call recipients based on the first user action. The method also includes establishing one or more silent call connections based on the determined one or more call recipients, wherein each of the one or more silent call connections comprises a call connection with a predetermined parameter so that there are no incoming call indicators on one or more devices associated with the one or more call recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
    Inventors: QingHua Cai, JianWei Chen, WeiMing Li, Christopher van Rensburg, Martin Arastafar
  • Patent number: 11763267
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an input data from a host to schedule a meeting. The input data may include invitees to the meeting and a time/date associated with the meeting. A first and a second set of invitees from the invitees are determined. The first set of invitees is identified to start a pre-meeting meeting prior to the meeting scheduled at the time/date. The second set of invitees is identified to start the meeting at the time/date. It is appreciated that the pre-meeting meeting and the meeting are merged into a single meeting at a predetermined threshold of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: RingCentral, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnaud Budkiewicz, David Sipes, Simon Tumansky, Arindam Chakraborty, Yufei McLaughlin, Martin Arastafar, Vlad Vendrow, Phillip Liu, Dipkin Guglani
  • Publication number: 20230216820
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a modification to one chat message that forms a modified one chat message. Subsequent chat messages that are posted after the one chat message has been posted are processed. The method includes automatically identifying a chat message from the subsequent chat messages that has a dependency on the one chat message. The method also includes automatically determining whether a content of the chat message from the subsequent chat messages is impacted by the modified one chat message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher van Rensburg, Martin Arastafar, Alexander Pantyukhin
  • Patent number: 11379799
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an input data from a host to schedule a meeting. The input data may include invitees to the meeting and a time/date associated with the meeting. A first and a second set of invitees from the invitees are determined. The first set of invitees is identified to start a pre-meeting meeting prior to the meeting scheduled at the time/date. The second set of invitees is identified to start the meeting at the time/date. It is appreciated that the pre-meeting meeting and the meeting are merged into a single meeting at a predetermined threshold of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: RingCentral, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnaud Budkiewicz, David Sipes, Simon Tumansky, Arindam Chakraborty, Yufei McLaughlin, Martin Arastafar, Vlad Vendrow, Phillip Liu, Dipkin Guglani
  • Publication number: 20220210109
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a plurality of textual data from one or more users within an online chat group. The method also includes rendering the plurality of textual data for each user of the online chat group. The method includes further enabling one user from the online chat group to edit a textual data originated by another user from the online chat group. A notification is rendered on a graphical user interface (GUI) that the textual data originated by the another user has been edited. In response to a user selection thereof, the edit is accepted, rejected, or further edited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher van Rensburg, Erik Dmitrievich Parland, Martin Arastafar
  • Publication number: 20220188773
    Abstract: A method includes monitoring accesses to a plurality of data shared with a plurality of online users that form an online group, wherein the plurality of data is shared over a plurality of times. The method further includes determining statistical information associated with accesses to the plurality of data by the plurality of online users. The method also includes displaying the statistical information in a graphical user interface (GUI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher van Rensburg, Martin Arastafar
  • Publication number: 20220159126
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing call connection in response to user action, the method including receiving a first user action from a user associated with making a call connection, wherein the first user action comprises any of copying at least part of a phone number, pasting at least part of the phone number, or inputting at least part of the phone number. The method also includes determining one or more call recipients based on the first user action. The method also includes establishing one or more silent call connections based on the determined one or more call recipients, wherein each of the one or more silent call connections comprises a call connection with a predetermined parameter so that there are no incoming call indicators on one or more devices associated with the one or more call recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
    Inventors: QingHua CAI, JianWei CHEN, WeiMing LI, Christopher van RENSBURG, Martin ARASTAFAR
  • Patent number: 11330110
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing call connection in response to user action, the method including receiving a first user action from a user associated with making a call connection, wherein the first user action comprises any of copying at least part of a phone number, pasting at least part of the phone number, or inputting at least part of the phone number. The method also includes determining one or more call recipients based on the first user action. The method also includes establishing one or more silent call connections based on the determined one or more call recipients, wherein each of the one or more silent call connections comprises a call connection with a predetermined parameter so that there are no incoming call indicators on one or more devices associated with the one or more call recipients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
    Inventors: QingHua Cai, JianWei Chen, WeiMing Li, Christopher van Rensburg, Martin Arastafar
  • Publication number: 20210392233
    Abstract: Systems and methods for establishing call connection in response to user action, the method including receiving a first user action from a user associated with making a call connection, wherein the first user action comprises any of copying at least part of a phone number, pasting at least part of the phone number, or inputting at least part of the phone number. The method also includes determining one or more call recipients based on the first user action. The method also includes establishing one or more silent call connections based on the determined one or more call recipients, wherein each of the one or more silent call connections comprises a call connection with a predetermined parameter so that there are no incoming call indicators on one or more devices associated with the one or more call recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: RINGCENTRAL, INC.
    Inventors: QingHua CAI, JianWei CHEN, WeiMing LI, Christopher van RENSBURG, Martin ARASTAFAR