Patents by Inventor Sam Sheng

Sam Sheng 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).

  • Methods and apparatuses for selectively sharing a portion of a display for application based screen sampling
    Publication number: 20060161623
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses include: sharing desktop content with an attendee device wherein the desktop content corresponds with a presenter device and wherein the desktop content includes a hidden window; preventing the attendee device from viewing the hidden window; displaying the desktop content including the hidden window on the presenter device; and displaying the desktop content excluding the hidden window on the attendee device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Elaine Montgomery, Edward Wong, Eric Yuan, Jiannong Gu, Sam Sheng, David Knight, Songxiang Wei
  • Methods and apparatuses for selectively sharing a portion of a display for application based screen sampling using direct draw applications
    Publication number: 20060161622
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses include: sharing desktop content with an attendee device wherein the desktop content corresponds with a presenter device and wherein the desktop content includes a hidden window; preventing the attendee device from viewing the hidden window; displaying the desktop content including the hidden window on the presenter device; and displaying the desktop content excluding the hidden window on the attendee device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Elaine Montgomery, Edward Wong, Eric Yuan, Jiannong Gu, Sam Sheng, David Knight, Songxiang Wei
  • Methods and apparatuses for dynamically sharing a portion of a display for application based screen sampling
    Publication number: 20060161624
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention includes: detecting a profile associated a presenter device wherein the profile indicates a hidden window; selectively sharing desktop content and excluding the hidden window with an attendee device wherein the desktop content corresponds with the presenter device; detecting a change in status of a content window within the desktop content; and updating the profile based on the change in status of the content window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Elaine Montgomery, Edward Wong, Eric Yuan, Jiannong Gu, Sam Sheng, David Knight, Songxiang Wei