Patents by Inventor Shane P. SPRINGER

Shane P. SPRINGER 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: 11974074
    Abstract: A system for providing off-the-record functionality is provided herein. The system may include a processor configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored in non-transitory computer-readable medium to establish a video conference having a plurality of participants, each participant of the plurality of participants exchanging a plurality of audio or video streams via the video conference. The processor may also be configured to receive, from a first client device associated with one of the plurality of participants, a first audio stream or a first video stream of the plurality of audio or video streams, and record the plurality of audio or video streams within a recording. The processor may also be configured to receive an off-the-record request to begin an off-the-record time period, and in response to the off-the-record request, prevent at least one of the first audio stream or the first video stream from being included in the recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane P. Springer, Alexander Waibel
  • Publication number: 20230353708
    Abstract: A system for providing off-the-record functionality is provided herein. The system may include a processor configured to execute processor-executable instructions stored in non-transitory computer-readable medium to establish a video conference having a plurality of participants, each participant of the plurality of participants exchanging a plurality of audio or video streams via the video conference. The processor may also be configured to receive, from a first client device associated with one of the plurality of participants, a first audio stream or a first video stream of the plurality of audio or video streams, and record the plurality of audio or video streams within a recording. The processor may also be configured to receive an off-the-record request to begin an off-the-record time period, and in response to the off-the-record request, prevent at least one of the first audio stream or the first video stream from being included in the recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane P. SPRINGER, Alexander Waibel
  • Publication number: 20230351059
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing automated personal privacy during virtual meetings are provided herein. The method may include establishing, by a video conference provider, a video conference having a plurality of participants. The method may also include receiving, from a first client device associated with one of the plurality of participants, a first audio stream and a first video stream, and recording responsive to an indication from one of the plurality of participants, one or more audio or video streams within a recording. The method may include receiving, from the first client device, a personal privacy request. In response to the personal privacy request, the method may include modifying, by the video conference provider, at least one of the first audio stream or the first video stream in the recording and storing the least one of the first audio stream or the first video stream as modified to the recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Shane P. SPRINGER, Alexander Waibel