178 patents
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Utility
Handling multiple communication requests
30 Aug 22
A communication server detects a first communication request from a first caller device to a second caller device.
Vi Dinh Chau
Filed: 29 Oct 21
Utility
Transmitting conference application content during a network conference
23 Aug 22
System and methods for transmitting conference application content during a network conference.
Ross Douglas Mayfield, Yoshifumi Takebuchi
Filed: 13 Oct 20
Utility
Method and apparatus for capturing a group photograph during a video conferencing session
16 Aug 22
In various embodiments, a group photograph system coordinates and creates a group photograph of participants of a video conferencing session.
Dingping Jiang, Juan Jiang Wald, Liang Wang, Huipin Zhang
Filed: 20 Nov 20
Utility
System and method for identifying communication between virtual servers
9 Aug 22
A server, includes a virtual machine identifier assigning section to assign an identifier of a virtual machine operating on the server; and a network interface to transmit a packet including a Layer 2 header information which includes the identifier of the virtual machine and a first packet field for a VLAN-Tag, wherein the network, interface transmits the packet to a packet encapsulate section which encapsulates a second packet field including the Layer 2 header information with a virtual network identifier representing a virtual network to which the virtual machine belongs.
Atsushi Iwata, Akio Iijima
Filed: 19 Oct 20
Utility
Generating composite presentation content in video conferences
9 Aug 22
One example method includes joining, using a computing device, a video conference hosted by a video conference provider, the video conference having a plurality of participants; accessing, by the computing device, presentation content during the video conference, the presentation content comprising one or more content items and one or more video filters, at least one of the one or more video filters corresponding to one of the content items; receiving a selection of a first item of the one or more content items; accessing a first video filter of the one or more video filters, the first video filter corresponding to the content item; receiving a video feed from a video source; generating a composite video feed comprising the first content item and the first video feed, the composite video feed based on the video filter; and providing, via the video conference provider, the composite video feed to one or more video conference participants via the video conference.
Ross Mayfield
Filed: 30 Apr 21
Utility
Systems and methods for sharing content across videoconferencing sub-meetings
9 Aug 22
One example system for sharing content across videoconferencing sub-meetings includes a processor and at least one memory device.
Lin Han, Nitasha Walia
Filed: 26 Mar 21
Utility
Methods and apparatus for assessing network presence
2 Aug 22
Methods and apparatus for assessing network presence.
Samuel Lum
Filed: 15 Jan 21
Utility
Call recording authentication
2 Aug 22
Audio qualities of a call and of a call recording are identified and compared to authenticate the call recording as a true representation of the call.
Walter F. C. Anderson, Vi Dinh Chau
Filed: 28 Apr 21
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
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
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
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