Patents by Inventor William Verthein
William Verthein 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).
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Publication number: 20180123816Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for facilitating collaboration environments. In at least one implementation, a presentation of an initial view of a collaboration scene is presented within a collaboration environment. A portion of the collaboration scene is identified that corresponds to an object of interest selected for separate viewing. A separate presentation within the collaboration environment is initiated related to the portion of the scene corresponding to the object of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Ankit Tandon, William Verthein, Senthil Velayutham, Ross Cutler
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Patent number: 9813255Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for facilitating collaboration environments. In at least one implementation, a presentation of an initial view of a collaboration scene is presented within a collaboration environment. A portion of the collaboration scene is identified that corresponds to an object of interest selected for separate viewing. A separate presentation within the collaboration environment is initiated related to the portion of the scene corresponding to the object of interest.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Ankit Tandon, William Verthein, Senthil Velayutham, Ross Cutler
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Patent number: 9516271Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to managing visual content rendering on a display. Audience presence and position information, which specifies respective distances from the display of a set of audience members detected within proximity of the display, can be obtained. Further, a threshold distance from the display can be determined as a function of the respective distances from the display of the set of audience members detected within proximity of the display. Moreover, responsive to the threshold distance from the display, a size of the visual content rendered on the display can be controlled.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: William Verthein, Simone Leorin
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Patent number: 9053456Abstract: Techniques for conference system location awareness and provisioning are described. An apparatus may comprise a room detection component operative to determine a room identifier of a room which a conference system is in, a database component operative to determine one or more room properties of the detected room by querying a database of room properties using the room identifier, and a conference configuration component operative to configure one or more conference elements using the room properties. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2011Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: William Verthein, Jingyu Qiu
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Publication number: 20140380156Abstract: An interactive wall provides tactile feedback based on detected touch and displayed content on the wall surface. Upon detecting a touch on the wall surface, the interactive wall provides real time tactile feedback corresponding to the touch employing one or more actuators. The interactive wall itself may serve as projection surface for the display or a wall-size display be affixed to the wall trans-conducting tactile feedback to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: William Verthein, Josh Watson, Stephen Lee
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Patent number: 8830188Abstract: An interactive wall provides tactile feedback based on detected touch and displayed content on the wall surface. Upon detecting a touch on the wall surface, the interactive wall provides real time tactile feedback corresponding to the touch employing one or more actuators. The interactive wall itself may serve as projection surface for the display or a wall-size display be affixed to the wall trans-conducting tactile feedback to the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: William Verthein, Josh Watson, Stephen Lee
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Publication number: 20140118403Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to managing visual content rendering on a display. Audience presence and position information, which specifies respective distances from the display of a set of audience members detected within proximity of the display, can be obtained. Further, a threshold distance from the display can be determined as a function of the respective distances from the display of the set of audience members detected within proximity of the display. Moreover, responsive to the threshold distance from the display, a size of the visual content rendered on the display can be controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: William Verthein, Simone Leorin
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Patent number: 8665310Abstract: Techniques to provide active lighting control for video teleconferencing systems are described. In an embodiment, a video teleconferencing (TVC) device receives lighting data from cameras in a room where a VTC is taking place. The VTC device may access lighting profiles for the lights in the room from a lighting control system. The VTC device may compare the current lighting conditions to a target model. The VTC device may use the lighting profiles to select lights to turn on or off via the lighting control system to improve the lighting. The VTC device may monitor the lighting conditions during the conference and may re-adjust the lights if a large change occurs. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: William Verthein, Jingyu Qiu
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Publication number: 20140032679Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for facilitating collaboration environments. In at least one implementation, a presentation of an initial view of a collaboration scene is presented within a collaboration environment. A portion of the collaboration scene is identified that corresponds to an object of interest selected for separate viewing. A separate presentation within the collaboration environment is initiated related to the portion of the scene corresponding to the object of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2012Publication date: January 30, 2014Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Ankit Tandon, William Verthein, Senthil Velayutham, Ross Cutler
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Publication number: 20120326989Abstract: An interactive wall provides tactile feedback based on detected touch and displayed content on the wall surface. Upon detecting a touch on the wall surface, the interactive wall provides real time tactile feedback corresponding to the touch employing one or more actuators. The interactive wall itself may serve as projection surface for the display or a wall-size display be affixed to the wall trans-conducting tactile feedback to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: William Verthein, Josh Watson, Stephen Lee
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Publication number: 20120254220Abstract: Techniques for conference system location awareness and provisioning are described. An apparatus may comprise a room detection component operative to determine a room identifier of a room which a conference system is in, a database component operative to determine one or more room properties of the detected room by querying a database of room properties using the room identifier, and a conference configuration component operative to configure one or more conference elements using the room properties. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: William Verthein, Jingyu Qiu
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Publication number: 20120200660Abstract: Techniques to provide active lighting control for video teleconferencing systems are described. In an embodiment, a video teleconferencing (TVC) device receives lighting data from cameras in a room where a VTC is taking place. The VTC device may access lighting profiles for the lights in the room from a lighting control system. The VTC device may compare the current lighting conditions to a target model. The VTC device may use the lighting profiles to select lights to turn on or off via the lighting control system to improve the lighting. The VTC device may monitor the lighting conditions during the conference and may re-adjust the lights if a large change occurs. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2011Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: William Verthein, Jingyu Qiu
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Patent number: 6678284Abstract: A communication access chassis having a general purpose computing platform provides communication access between remote users and computer network via the public telephone network. The general purpose computing platform is connected to an internal chassis bus complex transmitting incoming calls between a telephone line interface and a signal conversion system and between the signal conversion system and a local area network interface. The computing platform has a conventional microprocessor and local or peripheral memory storage devices and implements a commercially available open network operating system such as Windows NT™. By virtue of the ability of the general purpose computing platform to run network server programs locally, i.e.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2001Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: UTStarcom, Inc.Inventors: William Verthein, Daniel L. Schoo, Todd Landry
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Patent number: 6487196Abstract: A system and method in a network-based telephone system for simulating a typical plain old telephone system (POTS) connection by generating sounds in response to conditions in the telephone connection that simulate POTS sounds that occur during the typical POTS connection. Telephones in a network-based telephone system are connected to a wide-area network (WAN) such as the Internet via an Internet telephony gateway. A calling telephone connects to the local exchange carrier to permit a user to connect to a calling Internet telephony gateway by dialing an access telephone number. The calling Internet telephony gateway receives access information and the destination telephone number and uses the destination telephone number to determine the Internet telephony gateway that is closest to the called telephone with the destination telephone number. The calling Internet telephony gateway connects to the called Internet telephony gateway which connects to the called telephone number.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 1998Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Assignee: 3Com CorporationInventors: William Verthein, Stanley T. Naudus
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Patent number: 6249527Abstract: A communication access chassis having a general purpose computing platform provides communication access between remote users and computer network via the public telephone network. The general purpose computing platform is connected to an internal chassis bus complex transmitting incoming calls between a telephone line interface and a signal conversion system and between the signal conversion system and a local area network interface. The computing platform has a conventional microprocessor and local or peripheral memory storage devices and implements a commercially available open network operating system such as Windows NT™. By virtue of the ability of the general purpose computing platform to run network server programs locally, i.e.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1997Date of Patent: June 19, 2001Assignee: 3Com CorporationInventors: William Verthein, Daniel L. Schoo, Todd Landry