Patents by Inventor Tyler McDowall

Tyler McDowall 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: 11425219
    Abstract: A plurality of image sources that are open on a first computing device may be determined. A plurality of visual representations of the plurality of image sources may be displayed. A selection of a first image source of the plurality of image sources for which to transmit first image data corresponding to the first image source to one or more other computing devices may be received via the plurality of visual representations. A first image capture component to capture the first image data may be automatically selected, by one or more software components, from a plurality of image capture components. The first image data may be captured using the first image capture component, and the first image data may be transmitted to the one or more other computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Twitch Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Jin Lee, Maxime Boulin, Jackson Gardner, Phillip Carter, Charles Bradford, Ross Alan Cameron Gardner, Tyler McDowall, RayAna Min Stanek, Kevin M. Ni
  • Patent number: 11157233
    Abstract: Techniques for selective audio capturing are described herein. In some cases, a user, such as a content provider, may select one or more computing processes from which to capture audio data. The audio data may be captured for transmission to at least one other computing device. Code may be injected into at least the one or more computing processes. In some cases, upon execution of the code, storage locations of the audio data are obtained. Thus, the audio data may be captured from the storage locations, and the captured audio data may be transmitted to one or more other computing devices. Additionally, based, at least in part, on a user selection, other audio data from other computing processes executing on the computing device may not be transmitted to the one or more other computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Twitch Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Stanek, Tyler McDowall
  • Patent number: 11076111
    Abstract: A streaming application setup assistant may receive an image captured by a camera, the image capturing a physical environment that is to be part of a live video stream. A plurality of pixels may be selected from the image. The plurality of pixels may be grouped, based on a pixel color value for each pixel, into a plurality of pixel groups. A key pixel color value may be calculated that is associated with an average pixel color value of pixels in a largest pixel group of the plurality of pixel groups. A similarity color range that encompasses a threshold percentage of the pixels in the largest pixel group may be identified based on the key pixel color value. The similarity color range may be utilized to configure settings for replacement of the background in the live video stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Twitch Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Ni, Jackson Gardner, Charles Bradford, Sean Stanek, Ross Alan Cameron Gardner, Tyler McDowall, Phillip Carter, Furqan Rydhan, Florian Patrick Nierhaus, Sang Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 10437551
    Abstract: Techniques for selective audio capturing are described herein. In some cases, a user, such as a content provider, may select one or more computing processes from which to capture audio data. The audio data may be captured for transmission to at least one other computing device. Code may be injected into at least the one or more computing processes. In some cases, upon execution of the code, storage locations of the audio data are obtained. Thus, the audio data may be captured from the storage locations, and the captured audio data may be transmitted to one or more other computing devices. Additionally, based, at least in part, on a user selection, other audio data from other computing processes executing on the computing device may not be transmitted to the one or more other computing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Twitch Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Stanek, Tyler McDowall