Google Inc.

Saynow Corporation

Janahan Vivekanandan

Frank Losasso Petterson

Thor Carpenter

Ujjwal Singh

Param Reddappagari

Nikhyl P Singhal

John David Salazar

A method of transmitting audio content over a communication network includes generating a predetermined audio content in a format capable of being transmitted to members in the publisher's network; receiving a request for the predetermined audio content from the members interested in receiving the audio content; embedding advertisements into the predetermined audio content selected according to details describing each of the members and transmitting to each of the members the predetermined audio content embedded with the advertisements selected specifically for each member. Additionally, a communication method selectively transmits messages between a publisher and members of a publisher's network. The communication method includes receiving a request from a member of the publisher's network to communicate with the publisher, ordering the request to communicate from the member according to a queuing scheme that serializes the request with other requests from other members of the publisher's network, determining if a response to the request from the member should be made through a synchronous interactive communication channel rather than the queuing scheme and an asynchronous communication channel, ordering a response from the publisher responsive to the determination and according to a queuing scheme that serializes the response to the request along with other responses to other requests over the asynchronous communication channel from other members and establishing the synchronous interactive communication channel responsive to the determination that circumvents the queuing scheme and is capable of delivering a response to the request directly to the member making the request.

Conditional audio content delivery method and system

A system for providing a trusted peer-based information verification system may include one or more processors and a memory. The one or more processors may provide a multimedia conference to participant devices, and may receive a request to transfer a session of the multimedia conference of a participant device that is characterized by a first multimedia conference capability. The one or more processors may provide a list of target devices associated with the participant device to the participant device, and may receive an indication of a target device from the participant device. The one or more processors may transfer the session of the multimedia conference from the participant device to the target device, wherein the target device is characterized by a second multimedia conference capability that is different than the first multimedia conference capability of the participant device.

Multimedia conference endpoint transfer system

A system for endpoint device-specific stream control for multimedia conferencing may include one or more processors and memory. The one or more processors may perform steps of providing a hosted multimedia conference to participant devices, determining whether each participant device is capable of providing a video stream transmission and providing, to each participant device, video stream controls that provide for controlling video streams of exclusively the other participant devices that are determined to be capable of providing video stream transmissions. The steps may further include receiving a selection of a first video stream control corresponding to a first participant device from second and third participant devices, receiving a video stream from the first participant device, and providing the video stream to the second and third participant devices based at least in part on the received selections of the first video stream control by the second and third participant devices.

Endpoint device-specific stream control for multimedia conferencing

Embodiments generally relate to presenter control during a video conference. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a user interface of a video conference between at least a first user and a second user, where the user interface displays a first user video stream in a current presenter position and displays a second user video stream in a secondary presenter position. The method also includes detecting at least one gesture from the second user, where the detecting of the at least one gesture indicates that the second user intends to be a current presenter. The method also includes causing the user interface to display the second user video stream in the current presenter position and to display the first user video stream in the secondary presenter position in response to the detecting.

Presenter control during a video conference

Methods and systems are provided allowing for background identification and gesture recognition in video images. A computer-implemented image processing method includes: receiving, using at least one processing circuit, a plurality of image frames of a video; constructing, using at feast one processing circuit, a plurality of statistical models of the plurality of image frames at a plurality of pixel granularity levels; constructing, using at least one processing circuit, a plurality of probabilistic models of an input image frame at a plurality of channel granularity levels based on the plurality of statistical models; merging at least some of the plurality of probabilistic models based on a weighted average to form a single probability image; determining background pixels, based on a probability threshold value, from the single probability image; and determining whether the plurality of image frames, when examined in a particular sequence, conveys a gesture by the object.

Background detection as an optimization for gesture recognition

Embodiments generally relate to processing media streams during a multi-user video conference. In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining at least one frame from a media stream, and determining a plurality of coordinates within the at least one frame. The method also includes obtaining at least one media content item, obtaining one or more parameters from a remote user, and adding the at least one media content item to the at least one frame based on the plurality of coordinates and the one or more parameters.

Processing media streams during a multi-user video conference

Embodiments generally relate to processing media streams during a multi-user video conference. In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining at least one audio file and obtaining one or more parameters from a remote user. The method also includes adding user-specified audio content from the at least one audio file to a media stream based on the one or more parameters.

Implementations generally relate to modifying an appearance of a participant during a video conference. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining at least one frame from a media stream, where the at least one frame includes a first face, and where the first face is an image of a face associated with a user. The method also includes determining a plurality of coordinates within the at least one frame. The method also includes obtaining at least one media content item. The method also includes adding the at least one media content item to the at least one frame based on the plurality of coordinates.

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Los Altos, CA, United States of America

Janahan Vivekanandan