Patents by Inventor Scott A. Schemmel

Scott A. Schemmel 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).

  • Location-aware conferencing with calendar functions
    Patent number: 10372315
    Abstract: A method for providing a virtual conference is described. The method includes: a conferencing system receiving a request to schedule a meeting; the conferencing system displaying a calendar associated with a first conference participant identifier of the virtual conference; and the conferencing system receiving a request to retrieve calendar data associated with one or more second conference participant identifiers of the virtual conference. The conferencing system then receives calendar data through one or more communication channels associated with one or more second conference participant identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: American Teleconferencing Services, Ltd
    Inventors: Boland T. Jones, Peter Stewart, David Michael Guthrie, Scott A. Schemmel
  • Systems, Methods, and Computer Programs for Providing a Conference User Interface
    Publication number: 20110271209
    Abstract: Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for providing a conference user interface. One embodiment is a method for providing a conference. One such method comprises: a conferencing system establishing an audio conference between a plurality of participants via a communication network; the conferencing system presenting a conference interface to the participants via a graphical user interface and a corresponding client device in communication with the conferencing system via the communication network; and the conference interface displaying a unique participant object identifying each of the plurality of participants in the audio conference according to a graphical representation specified by the corresponding participant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: AMERICAN TELECONFERNCING SERVICES LTD.
    Inventors: Boland T. Jones, David Michael Guthrie, Nicole C. Santoro, Vladimir Mijatovic, Peter Stewart, Randolph J. Leigh, Erik Petrik, Scott A. Schemmel, Laurence Schaefer, J. Douglas Martin
  • Location-Aware Conferencing With Calendar Functions
    Publication number: 20110271206
    Abstract: A method for providing a virtual conference is described. The method includes: a conferencing system receiving a request to schedule a meeting; the conferencing system displaying a calendar associated with a first conference participant identifier of the virtual conference; and the conferencing system receiving a request to retrieve calendar data associated with one or more second conference participant identifiers of the virtual conference. The conferencing system then receives calendar data through one or more communication channels associated with one or more second conference participant identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: AMERICAN TELECONFERENCING SERVICES LTD.
    Inventors: Boland T. Jones, Peter Stewart, David Michael Guthrie, Scott A. Schemmel