Patents by Inventor Sean R. Lailvaux

Sean R. Lailvaux 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).

  • Publication number: 20170150097
    Abstract: There is provided a method comprising: transmitting, from a user terminal configured to control a display to a network entity, a request to receive visual data associated with a user on a call; receiving, at a user terminal from the network entity, an indication of the visual data; selecting a first area of the display in which to render the visual data in dependence on the aspect ratio of the indicated visual data; and rendering, by the user terminal, at least part of the indicated visual data in the first area of the display so that the at least part of the indicated visual data extends to the edges of the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Gareth Dove, Mohammed Ladha, Lee Christoper Pethers, Sean R. Lailvaux