Patents by Inventor Paul Springer

Paul Springer 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: 12354352
    Abstract: A computer determines one or more configurations specific to a first participant of a video conference for altering functionality of one or more components of the video conference. The computer applies the one or more configurations during the video conference. The computer determines one or more preferences of a second participant of the video conference associated with the one or more components. The computer determines at least one additional configuration of the video conference based on at least one of one or more prioritizations of the first participant or one or more prioritizations of the second participant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Zoom Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Reed Hunter Allen, Shane Paul Springer
  • Patent number: 12341829
    Abstract: A system may transmit, from a first user device connected to a video conference and associated with a conference participant, an indication to a peripheral device to temporarily buffer a portion of media content of the video conference. The system may perform, within the video conference, a transition of the conference participant from the first user device to a second user device connected to the video conference including causing the peripheral device to relay the portion of the media content during the transition. In some implementations, the portion of the media content may be buffered by storing less than a predefined amount of time of the media content received by the first user device in a random access memory of the peripheral device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Zoom Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Shane Paul Springer
  • Publication number: 20250202957
    Abstract: Methods and systems provide for user-prompted group actions in a shared space hosted by a communication platform. In one embodiment, the system detects, by a processing device within a space, a client device within the space, the client device being associated with a participant of a current communication session; receives, at the processing device, a user input corresponding to the client device, the user input indicating a change in function for the current communication session; correlates, at the processing device, the user input with one or more additional user inputs corresponding to other client devices within the space; and applies the change in function based on the correlation to modify one or more aspects of the communication session.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventor: Shane Paul Springer
  • Publication number: 20250202988
    Abstract: A system processes diagnostic output to determine a unique broadcasting signature of a room, and determines whether an existing optimal settings configuration of the personal endpoint device is detected for the room. If an optimal settings configuration is detected, the setup dynamically configures one or more parameters of an endpoint device to match the optimal settings configuration. If not, then the system determines a new optimal settings configuration and stores it for future video communication in the room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventor: Shane Paul Springer
  • Patent number: 12328200
    Abstract: Methods and systems provide for preventing content capture within a communication session. In one embodiment, a method maintains a communication session with a number of participants, where session content is presented during the communication session to the participants, and where participants can request the session content to be captured for later access. The system receives or identifies one or more signals for capture prevention to be initiated for at least a portion of the session content. The system further receives, in real time during the communication session, a request from one of the participants for a current portion of session content to be captured. The system then determines, via processing of the one or more signals, that the current portion of session content is to be prevented from capture, and then prevents the current portion of session content from being captured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Zoom Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Shane Paul Springer
  • Publication number: 20250184170
    Abstract: A note is dynamically generated with captured content from a communication session. At least a portion of the session content is recorded. A request to generate a note is received from one of the participants of the communication session. In response to receiving the request, the a note is generated that includes at least a designated portion of the recorded session content. Access to the portion of the session content identified in the note is granted to the requesting participant upon demand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Thanh Le Nguyen, Shane Paul Springer
  • Publication number: 20250166270
    Abstract: A selection of a virtual background template that includes a virtual background boundary area is received at a video communication platform. The virtual background template defines at least one of a location, a shape, or a size of the virtual background boundary area. Contextual information about a planned meeting is received. Whether to activate the virtual background boundary area for the planned meeting is determined based on the contextual information. A virtual background is assigned to the virtual background boundary area when activated. Video content that depicts imagery of a first user is received. A composite video depicting the first user overlaid on the virtual background within the activated virtual background boundary area is generated for display during the planned meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Shane Paul Springer, Ryan Weddle, Servio Lee, Irina Cohen
  • Publication number: 20250150549
    Abstract: A computer identifies, using software-based image processing applied to camera-generated visual data from a client device, foreground imagery representing a participant and background imagery representing content of the camera-generated visual data other than the foreground imagery. The computer determines, using a neural network, an identity of an extraneous item comprising a portion of the background imagery. The computer determines, using the neural network based on the identity of the extraneous item, to replace the extraneous item in the camera-generated visual data. The computer predicts, using replacement imagery prediction software, replacement imagery to replace the extraneous item. The computer generates a composite image comprising the foreground imagery of the camera-generated visual data and the background imagery with the extraneous item replaced by the replacement imagery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Shihwei Chang, Robert Aaron Klegon, Cynthia Eshiuan Lee, Nicholas Mueller, Shane Paul Springer
  • Publication number: 20250150553
    Abstract: A computing device outputs, to a display of the computing device during a video conference, remotely-generated visual data obtained from at least one remote device and camera-generated visual data captured using a camera of the computing device. The computing device identifies, within the camera-generated visual data, a reflection of at least a portion of data displayed at the display of the computing device. The computing device modifies the camera-generated visual data to remove the reflection. The computing device outputs, to the display of the computing device during the video conference, the modified camera-generated visual data. The computing device transmits the modified camera-generated visual data to the at least one remote device for display thereat during the video conference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventor: Shane Paul Springer
  • Patent number: 12284231
    Abstract: Respective video streams of participants of a video conference are received. A first video stream of the respective video streams is determined to be unstitchable into a unified stream of the video conference. A request for a stitching image is transmitted to a participant of the participants corresponding to the first video stream. The stitching image is received from the participant. The first video stream is stitched into the unified stream by stitching the first video stream with at least one other video stream of the respective video streams. The unified stream is transmitted for display at a device connected to the video conference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Zoom Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Shane Paul Springer
  • Patent number: 12284460
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing instant processing of virtual meeting recordings are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane Paul Springer, Alexander Waibel
  • Patent number: 12284228
    Abstract: The present teachings provide a method and device of virtually sharing physical contents across multiple sessions. The teachings provide retrieving, from a data store, virtual whiteboard content derived from a first whiteboard session. The virtual whiteboard content includes first physical data from a physical surface, first virtual data from a virtual whiteboard, first metadata corresponding to one or both of the first virtual data or the first physical data. The virtual content is categorized based on the first metadata. The categorized virtual content is transmitted as an image stream according to the retrieved virtual whiteboard content to a client device in a location of the physical surface to cause the image stream to be presented on the physical surface or a second physical surface during a second whiteboard session. The data store is updated with second content elements obtained from the physical surface during the second whiteboard session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Zoom Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas William Noble, Shane Paul Springer
  • Patent number: 12273420
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media provide for the intelligent configuration of personal endpoint devices for video communication. The system identifies, within a room, a personal endpoint device to be used in a video communication session, then authenticates the personal endpoint device. The system then performs one or more diagnostic operations to receive diagnostic output from the personal endpoint device. The system processes the diagnostic output to determine a unique broadcasting signature of the room, and determines whether an existing optimal settings configuration of the personal endpoint device can be detected for the room. If an optimal settings configuration is detected, the setup dynamically configures one or more parameters of the personal endpoint device to match the optimal settings configuration. If not, then the system determines a new optimal settings configuration and stores it for future video communication in the room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Zoom Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Shane Paul Springer
  • Patent number: 12267370
    Abstract: Methods and systems provide for user-prompted group actions in a shared space hosted by a communication platform. In one embodiment, the system detects, by a processing device within a space, a client device within the space, the client device being associated with a participant of a current communication session; receives, at the processing device, a user input corresponding to the client device, the user input indicating a change in function for the current communication session; correlates, at the processing device, the user input with one or more additional user inputs corresponding to other client devices within the space; and applies the change in function based on the correlation to modify one or more aspects of the communication session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Zoom Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Shane Paul Springer
  • Publication number: 20250104713
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for delta models for providing privatized speech-to-text during virtual meetings. In one embodiment, a system may include a non-transitory computer-readable medium; a communications interface; and a processor. The processor may be configured to execute processor-executable instructions to: join a virtual meeting. Each participant in the virtual meeting may exchange audio streams with other participants in the virtual meeting. The instructions may include receiving, from a video conference provider, a local model for speech recognition. The local model may be a copy of a centralized model. The instructions may include performing speech recognition using the local model on the audio streams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane Paul Springer, Alexander Waibel
  • Publication number: 20250103758
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enforcing consent requirements for sharing virtual meeting recordings are provided herein. In an example, a method may include receiving, from a first client device, a recording privacy request associated with a virtual meeting, and receiving, from a second client device, a request to share a recording of the virtual meeting with one or more recipients. The method may also include modifying, by a video conference provider, at least one of a first audio stream or a first video stream associated with the first client device in the recording based on the recording privacy request, and generating, by the video conference provider, a privatized recording based on the modification of at least one of the first audio stream or the first video stream. The method may also include transmitting, by the video conference provider, the privatized recording to the one or more recipients.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Shane Paul Springer, Alexander Waibel
  • Patent number: 12262140
    Abstract: A first composite video depicting a media background shared by a first user of the users is transmitted for display at devices of users of a conference. A presentation content is received from a device of a second user of the users. A second composite video depicting the media background partially overlaid by the presentation content is transmitted to at least a subset of the devices for display at the at least the subset of the devices. A request may be received from a device of the first user to grant an access right to the second user to share the presentation content for depiction within the second composite video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Zoom Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Shane Paul Springer
  • Publication number: 20250097277
    Abstract: Systems and methods for aggregation and distribution of diverse multimedia feeds are provided herein. In an aspect, a method including establishing, by a video conference provider, a virtual meeting having a plurality of participants is provided. Each participant joined to the virtual meeting may use a respective client device to exchange one or more audio or video streams via the virtual meeting. The method may also include receiving, from a first client device, a request to share a multimedia stream from an external source with one or more of the client devices during the virtual meeting. Responsive to the request, the method may include receiving a connection to the multimedia stream from the external source and transmitting, by the video conference provider, the multimedia stream from the external source to the one or more client devices via the virtual meeting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Paul Rubery, Shane Paul Springer, Chi-chian Yu
  • Patent number: 12250088
    Abstract: A note is dynamically generated with captured content from a communication session. At least a portion of the session content is recorded. A request to generate a note is received from one of the participants of the communication session. In response to receiving the request, the a note is generated that includes at least a designated portion of the recorded session content. Access to the portion of the session content identified in the note is granted to the requesting participant upon demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Zoom Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Thanh Le Nguyen, Shane Paul Springer
  • Patent number: 12250253
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing user location-based collaboration are provided herein. In an aspect, a method includes receiving, by a video conference provider, a request to initiate an incident response system and establishing, by the video conference provider, an incident response session with the incident response system. The method may also include determining, by the video conference provider, a location associated with the incident response system and determining, by the video conference provider, client devices within a predetermined vicinity of the location. The method may also include transmitting, by the video conference provider, a request to one or more of the client devices to join the incident response session. In an example, the request to initiate an incident response system may be from an administrator of a facility where an incident event has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Zoom Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Paul Rubery, Shane Paul Springer