Patents by Inventor Robert Jonathan Spiro

Robert Jonathan Spiro 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: 9800622
    Abstract: In general, techniques of the present disclosure are directed to a system for virtual socializing between electronic devices. In one example, the method includes joining, by a first computing device, a communication session enabling communication between the first computing device and a second computing device. The method includes outputting, multimedia content that is output at the second computing device. The method also includes receiving and outputting, by the first computing device, data from the second computing device using the communication session, while the multimedia content is outputting at the first output device, where the data comprises data captured by an input device of the second computing device. The method further includes sending a configuration request that sets a control model mode of the communication session, where the control model mode controls which computing devices communicatively coupled via the communication session has permission to modify at least the multimedia content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: David Halliday Owens, Robert Jonathan Spiro, Daniel Ming-Wei Chu, Loren Michael Groves, Richard James Dunn, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150067541
    Abstract: In general, techniques of the present disclosure are directed to a system for virtual socializing between electronic devices. In one example, the method includes joining, by a first computing device, a communication session enabling communication between the first computing device and a second computing device. The method includes outputting, multimedia content that is output at the second computing device. The method also includes receiving and outputting, by the first computing device, data from the second computing device using the communication session, while the multimedia content is outputting at the first output device, where the data comprises data captured by an input device of the second computing device. The method further includes sending a configuration request that sets a control model mode of the communication session, where the control model mode controls which computing devices communicatively coupled via the communication session has permission to modify at least the multimedia content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: David Halliday Owens, Robert Jonathan Spiro, Daniel Ming-Wei Chu, Loren Michael Groves, Richard James Dunn, JR.
  • Patent number: 8832284
    Abstract: In general, techniques of the present disclosure are directed to a system for virtual socializing between electronic devices. In one example, the method includes joining, by a first computing device, a communication session enabling communication between the first computing device and a second computing device. The method includes outputting, multimedia content that is output at the second computing device. The method also includes receiving and outputting, by the first computing device, data from the second computing device using the communication session, while the multimedia content is outputting at the first output device, where the data comprises data captured by an input device of the second computing device. The method further includes sending a configuration request that sets a control model mode of the communication session, where the control model mode controls which computing devices communicatively coupled via the communication session has permission to modify at least the multimedia content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: David Halliday Owens, Robert Jonathan Spiro, Daniel Ming-Wei Chu, Loren Michael Groves, Richard James Dunn, Jr.