Patents by Inventor Nicholas Sieracki

Nicholas Sieracki 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: 11979444
    Abstract: Systems and methods redistribute online events using mesh management. Prior to initiation of an upcoming virtual meeting, a mesh orchestrator identifies one or more user accounts scheduled to participate in the upcoming virtual meeting. The mesh orchestrator selects multiple client computer systems associated with the one or more user accounts to define a mesh. The mesh includes at least one computer system associated with a first user account for distributing one or more portions of a media stream of the upcoming virtual meeting and at least one client computer system associated with a second user account for receiving the one or more portions of the media stream of the upcoming virtual meeting. The mesh orchestrator also defines a contingency logic for applying one or more changes to the mesh prior to or after the initiation of the upcoming virtual meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Sieracki, Michael White
  • Patent number: 11689591
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus, method(s), system(s) and computer program product(s) described herein are directed to a Mesh Orchestrator. Prior to initiation of an upcoming online event, the Mesh Orchestrator identifies one or more user accounts scheduled to participate in the upcoming online event delivered via a video communication environment. The Mesh Orchestrator defines a mesh of respective client computer systems associated with the identified user accounts. The mesh is defined as including at least one mesh parent client computer system (“mesh parent”) and at least one mesh child client computer system (“mesh child”). Mesh Orchestrator sends one or more child designation messages to client computer systems assigned a role of mesh child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Sieracki, Michael White
  • Publication number: 20230133539
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus, method(s), system(s) and computer program product(s) described herein are directed to a Mesh Orchestrator. Prior to initiation of an upcoming online event, the Mesh Orchestrator identifies one or more user accounts scheduled to participate in the upcoming online event delivered via a video communication environment. The Mesh Orchestrator defines a mesh of respective client computer systems associated with the identified user accounts. The mesh is defined as including at least one mesh parent client computer system (“mesh parent”) and at least one mesh child client computer system (“mesh child”). Mesh Orchestrator sends one or more child designation messages to client computer systems assigned a role of mesh child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas Sieracki, Michael White