560 patents
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Utility
Delivery of voicemails to handheld devices
26 Jul 22
Briefly, a variety of embodiments, including the following, are described: a system embodiment and methods that allow random access to voice messages, in contrast to sequential access in existing system embodiments; a system embodiment and methods that allow for the optional use of voice recognition to enhance usability; and a system embodiment and methods that apply to the area of voicemail.
Michael Demmitt, Amit Manna, Michael Smith, Luis Arellano, Chris Pedregal, Mike LeBeau, Brian Salomaki
Filed: 7 Jul 20
Utility
Methods and Apparatus for Assessing Network Presence
21 Jul 22
Methods and apparatus for assessing network presence.
Samuel Lum
Filed: 15 Jan 21
Utility
Methods and Apparatus for Establishing Network Presence
21 Jul 22
Methods and apparatus for establishing network presence.
Samuel Lum
Filed: 15 Jan 21
Utility
Systems and methods for enabling sub-meetings in encrypted video conferences
19 Jul 22
One example method includes facilitating communications between a plurality of participants in a main meeting of a video conference, the communications encrypted using a first encryption key, the video conference provider lacking access to the first encryption key and a first decryption key; in response to receiving a command from a host to establish one or more sub-meetings, establishing the sub-meetings; for each sub-meeting, selecting a sub-meeting host; transmitting an indication that the selected sub-meeting host is a sub-meeting host; in response to receiving a request from a first participant to join a first sub-meeting, joining the first participant to the first sub-meeting; and facilitating sub-meeting communications between the sub-meeting host and the first participant, the sub-meeting communications encrypted using second encryption and decryption keys, the second encryption and decryption keys different than the first encryption and decryption keys, the video conference provider lacking access to the second encryption and decryption keys.
Michael Maxim
Filed: 28 Apr 21
Utility
Delivery of voicemails to handheld devices
19 Jul 22
Briefly, a variety of embodiments, including the following, are described: a system embodiment and methods that allow random access to voice messages, in contrast to sequential access in existing system embodiments; a system embodiment and methods that allow for the optional use of voice recognition to enhance usability; and a system embodiment and methods that apply to the area of voicemail.
Michael Demmitt, Amit Manna, Michael Smith, Luis Arellano, Chris Pedregal, Mike LeBeau, Brian Salomaki
Filed: 6 Jul 20
Utility
Conference event alerting based on participant focus
5 Jul 22
A conference participant is alerted as to an event during a conference responsive to a determination that a focus of the conference participant is other than on the conference.
Vi Dinh Chau
Filed: 30 Jul 21
Utility
Methods and Apparatus for Providing Meeting Controls for Network Conferences
30 Jun 22
Methods and apparatus for providing user meeting control for network conferences.
James David Martin, Brendan James Ittelson
Filed: 30 Dec 20
Utility
Methods and Apparatus for Receiving Meeting Controls for Network Conferences
30 Jun 22
Methods and apparatus for receiving user meeting control for network conferences.
James David Martin, Brendan James Ittelson
Filed: 30 Dec 20
Utility
Methods and System for Transmitting Content During a Networked Conference
23 Jun 22
Methods and systems for transmitting content during a networked conference.
Bo Ling, Hailei Sheng, Lin Han
Filed: 30 Sep 21
Utility
Video frame generation
21 Jun 22
One disclosed example method includes receiving, by a video conference provider, video frames from a plurality of existing participants in a video conference; receiving, by the video conference provider, a request from a new user to join the video conference, and in response: generating, by the video conference provider, an instantaneous decoder refresh (IDR) frame; determining, by the video conference provider, one or more prior video frames previously acknowledged by each existing participant of the plurality of existing participants; generating, by the video conference provider, a benchmark frame for each of the plurality of existing participants based on at least one of the determined one or more prior video frames and the IDR frame; transmitting, by the video conference provider, the IDR frame to the new user; and transmitting, by the video conference provider, a message comprising the benchmark frame to each of the plurality of existing participants.
Karan Lyons
Filed: 30 Apr 21
Utility
For recording conference application activity associated with a network conference
14 Jun 22
System and methods for recording conference application activity associated with a network conference.
Ross Douglas Mayfield, Yoshifumi Takebuchi
Filed: 13 Oct 20
Utility
Methods and apparatus for receiving virtual relocation during a network conference
14 Jun 22
Methods and apparatus for receiving virtual relocation during a network conference.
Lin Han
Filed: 27 Nov 20
Utility
Message-based interactive voice response menu reconnection
7 Jun 22
Message-based interactive voice response (IVR) menu reconnection is used to reconnect a calling device to a destination at a specific node of a call path after the calling device disconnects from a call with the destination.
Vi Dinh Chau
Filed: 30 Jul 21
Utility
Methods and Apparatus for Receiving Virtual Relocation During a Network Conference
2 Jun 22
Methods and apparatus for receiving virtual relocation during a network conference.
Lin Han
Filed: 27 Nov 20
Utility
Methods and Apparatus for Performing Virtual Relocation During a Network Conference
2 Jun 22
Methods and apparatus for performing virtual relocation during a network conference.
Lin Han
Filed: 27 Nov 20
Utility
Multiple host management of videoconferencing sub-meetings
17 May 22
One example system for multiple host management of videoconferencing sub-meetings includes a processor and at least one memory device.
Lin Han, Nitasha Walia
Filed: 30 Jan 21
Utility
Waiting notifications for videoconferencing sub-meetings
17 May 22
One example system for providing notifications to videoconferencing sub-meetings includes a processor and at least one memory device.
Lin Han, Nitasha Walia, Yamin Wei
Filed: 29 Apr 21
Utility
Concurrent screen sharing by multiple users within a communication session
10 May 22
Methods and systems relate to a method for providing concurrent sharing of screen elements by multiple users within a communication session.
Lin Han, Bo Ling, Hailei Sheng, Nitasha Walia
Filed: 31 Jul 21
Utility
Integrated emergency event detection and mapping including concurrent emergency call routing
3 May 22
A software platform includes emergency event processing functionality for detecting and mapping emergency event occurrences.
Walter F. C. Anderson, Vi Dinh Chau
Filed: 29 Jan 21
Utility
Methods and Apparatus for Secure Access to Online Events
14 Apr 22
Methods and systems for transmitting content during a networked conference.
Wei Li
Filed: 12 Oct 20