Patents by Inventor Robert Hellman

Robert Hellman 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: 11973806
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to automatically altering a displayed user interface for an event. A server computer system may cause, via a conferencing service, display of a user interface for an event having a group of users accessing the conferencing service via a plurality of user devices, the displayed interface including an indication of a video feed of a user in the group of users that is currently active. The system may store, in a database, data for the event, including content of audio and video feeds of users in the event. The system may analyze a set of characteristics included in the content of the audio and video feeds. The system may alter, while the indication of the video feed of the user is being displayed, aspects of the displayed user interface other than the indication, where the altering is performed based on the analyzing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Toucan Events Inc.
    Inventors: Ivo Walter Rothschild, Paul Robert Murphy, Asahi Sato, Antonia Theodora Hellman, Ethan Duncan He-Li Hellman, Steven Emmanuel Hellman
  • Publication number: 20240097924
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for automatically executing scripts for event in response to user activity within the event. A server executing a video conferencing service, receives meeting scheduling information and a set of user-specified scripting information from a user requesting to generate an event. In response to receiving a request from user device to access the event, the server causes display of an event interface to the device, the displayed interface including indications of sub-groups of a group of users accessing the conferencing service via a plurality of user devices and an indication of a video feed of a user in the group of users that is currently active. In response to one or more triggers corresponding to the event, one or more scripts are executed for the event, where executing the one or more scripts includes altering the displayed interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Antonia Theodora Hellman, Ethan Duncan He-Li Hellman, Steven Emmanuel Hellman, Ivo Walter Rothschild, Paul Robert Murphy, Asahi Sato, William Hans Von Hippel, Michel Henri Georges Cassius
  • Publication number: 20080013917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method of synchronizing a first and a second motion pictures from a first and a second source in a digital environment by bringing together said motion pictures based on a time line, synchronising said motion pictures by relating said second motion picture to said first motion picture using said time line and the content of said first motion picture, and generating a third motion picture comprising said synchronized first and second motion pictures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: Time ToMarket Viewlt Sweden AB
    Inventors: Annika Hegardt, Robert Hellman
  • Publication number: 20070295562
    Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus, comprising: a column (42) normally generally vertical when a device (30) of which the column (42) is a part is in an operating position; and a platform (62) operatively connected at one end to the column (42) and normally generally horizontal when the device (30) is in an operating position, the platform (62) being selectively raised or lowered to raise or lower a load placed on the platform (62).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Stewart Burton, Robert Hellman