Patents by Inventor Michael Romay

Michael Romay 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUDIENCE INTERACTIONS IN REAL-TIME MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20220201250
    Abstract: Systems and methods for audience interaction in real-time multimedia applications are provided. In one embodiment, a method for a real-time video conference comprises, during the real-time video conference, receiving a media stream including audio and video from a remote computing system over a network, acquiring, video and audio of a user, detecting an event with a machine learning model in at least one of the video and the audio of the user, and transmitting an event detection message indicating the detected event and/or audio and video of the user to the remote computing system over the network. In this way, natural audience reactions may be automatically detected and shared.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Theodore Zale Schoenborn, Michael Romay, David Thomas Knape, Lance Troxel, Ryan Stiles
  • Systems and methods for audience interactions in real-time multimedia applications
    Patent number: 11240469
    Abstract: Systems and methods for audience interaction in real-time multimedia applications are provided. In one embodiment, a method for a real-time video conference comprises, during the real-time video conference, receiving a media stream including audio and video from a remote computing system over a network, acquiring, video and audio of a user, detecting an event with a machine learning model in at least one of the video and the audio of the user, and transmitting an event detection message indicating the detected event and/or audio and video of the user to the remote computing system over the network. In this way, natural audience reactions may be automatically detected and shared.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: FRQNCY, INC.
    Inventors: Theodore Zale Schoenborn, Michael Romay, David Thomas Knape, Lance Troxel, Ryan Stiles