Patents by Inventor Steffen Matt

Steffen Matt 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: 8645463
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses display a list configured to represent a plurality of virtual rooms; identify a selected participant device associated with a selected virtual room from the plurality of virtual rooms wherein the selected participant device is a member of the selected virtual room; selectively display content associated with the selected virtual room to the selected participant device; and notify the selected participant device of a change to the content associated with the selected virtual room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Knight, Christopher Daniels, Steffen Matt
  • Patent number: 8412819
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first application detects a user's activity. Based on the user's activity detected by the first application, a type of user status is determined from among a plurality of different types of possible user status. One or more features are determined of a feature set of a second application that correspond to the type of user status detected by the first application. The corresponding one or more features of the feature set of the second application are limited to prevent the one or more features from interrupting the user's activity. One or more other features of the feature set of the second application that do not correspond to the type of user status detected by the first application are permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Knight, Jason Q. Zhang, Steffen Matt, Anand Ramanathan
  • Patent number: 8301699
    Abstract: In one embodiment, one or more applications may be executed on a computer, where each application has an associated feature set. A user status of a particular application may be determined, and in response to that user status for the particular application, the feature set of at least one other application may be dynamically adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Knight, Jason Q. Zhang, Steffen Matt, Anand Ramanathan
  • Publication number: 20120226806
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first application detects a user's activity. Based on the user's activity detected by the first application, a type of user status is determined from among a plurality of different types of possible user status. One or more features are determined of a feature set of a second application that correspond to the type of user status detected by the first application. The corresponding one or more features of the feature set of the second application are limited to prevent the one or more features from interrupting the user's activity. One or more other features of the feature set of the second application that do not correspond to the type of user status detected by the first application are permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: David Knight, Jason Q. Zhang, Steffen Matt, Anand Ramanathan
  • Patent number: 8117560
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses include: selectively sharing desktop content with an attendee device wherein the desktop content includes a shared window and a sliding type of window; displaying the desktop content including the sliding type of window on the presenter device; detecting a modification to the desktop content that is beneath the sliding type of window wherein the modification is performed by the attendee device; and excluding the sliding type of window from the desktop content for display on the attendee device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Defeng Lu, Zhonghui Luo, Steffen Matt, Zheng Yuan
  • Publication number: 20080075118
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses display a list configured to represent a plurality of virtual rooms; identify a selected participant device associated with a selected virtual room from the plurality of virtual rooms wherein the selected participant device is a member of the selected virtual room; selectively display content associated with the selected virtual room to the selected participant device; and notify the selected participant device of a change to the content associated with the selected virtual room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: David Knight, Christopher Daniels, Steffen Matt
  • Publication number: 20070244969
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the methods and systems detect a meeting; detect a missing participant scheduled to attend the meeting; identify a device actively utilized by the missing participant; and transmit a reminder message to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: David Knight, Elaine Montgomery, Steffen Matt