Patents by Inventor Shantha Kumari Harohalli Sathyanarayana Rao

Shantha Kumari Harohalli Sathyanarayana Rao 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).

  • Systems and methods for selecting videoconferencing endpoints for display in a composite video image
    Patent number: 8514265
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a videoconferencing endpoint may be an MCU (Multipoint Control Unit) or may include embedded MCU functionality. In various embodiments, the endpoint may thus conduct a videoconference by receiving/compositing video and audio from multiple videoconference endpoints. The endpoint may select a subset of endpoints and form a composite video image from the subset of the videoconference endpoints to send to the other videoconference endpoints. In some embodiments, the subset of endpoints that are selected for compositing into the composite video image may be selected according to criteria such as the last N talking participants. In some embodiments, the master endpoint may request the non-talker endpoints to stop sending video to help conserve the resources on the master endpoint. In some embodiments, the master endpoint may ignore video from endpoints that are not being displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: LifeSize Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashish Goyal, Hrishikesh Gopal Kulkarni, Shantha Kumari Harohalli Sathyanarayana Rao
  • Systems and Methods for Selecting Videoconferencing Endpoints for Display in a Composite Video Image
    Publication number: 20100085419
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a videoconferencing endpoint may be an MCU (Multipoint Control Unit) or may include embedded MCU functionality. In various embodiments, the endpoint may thus conduct a videoconference by receiving/compositing video and audio from multiple videoconference endpoints. The endpoint may select a subset of endpoints and form a composite video image from the subset of the videoconference endpoints to send to the other videoconference endpoints. In some embodiments, the subset of endpoints that are selected for compositing into the composite video image may be selected according to criteria such as the last N talking participants. In some embodiments, the master endpoint may request the non-talker endpoints to stop sending video to help conserve the resources on the master endpoint. In some embodiments, the master endpoint may ignore video from endpoints that are not being displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Ashish Goyal, Hrishikesh Gopal Kulkarni, Shantha Kumari Harohalli Sathyanarayana Rao