Patents by Inventor Urmil Dave

Urmil Dave 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: 12368820
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a videoconference service determines a selection of a virtual background for a videoconference from a particular participant of a plurality of participants in the videoconference. The videoconference service determines an audio context filter that is associated with a visual context of the virtual background. The videoconference service modifies an audio stream of the videoconference into a modified audio stream according to the audio context filter. The videoconference service presents, to the plurality of participants during the videoconference, the particular participant using the virtual background and the modified audio stream. In an embodiment, the videoconference service ascertains the visual context of the virtual background based on applying a machine learning model to the virtual background.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Urmil Dave, Dominik Rene Tornow, Kyle Andrew Donald Mestery
  • Publication number: 20230132415
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a videoconference service determines a selection of a virtual background for a videoconference from a particular participant of a plurality of participants in the videoconference. The videoconference service determines an audio context filter that is associated with a visual context of the virtual background. The videoconference service modifies an audio stream of the videoconference into a modified audio stream according to the audio context filter. The videoconference service presents, to the plurality of participants during the videoconference, the particular participant using the virtual background and the modified audio stream. In an embodiment, the videoconference service ascertains the visual context of the virtual background based on applying a machine learning model to the virtual background.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Urmil Dave, Dominik Rene Tornow, Kyle Andrew Donald Mestery