公开(公告)号：US12205613B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US16898887

申请日：2020-06-11

Applicant: RINGCENTRAL, INC.

Inventor： Jurgen Totzke ,  Karl Klug

IPC: G10L25/63 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04N7/15

Abstract: A communication system and a method can be configured to facilitate the performance of a conference. The system can include a conference organizer terminal and at least two participants' terminals each assigned to respective conference participants who each log in to start a conference on the communication system. The communication system can be configured to calculate a decision situation at a particular point in time of the ongoing conference by analyzing the views expressed by the conference participants during the conference and send data relating to the decision situation for that point in time to the conference organizer's terminal and/or other conference participant terminals for use in facilitating the conference. IN some embodiments, such data can be used to assist the conference participants' in recognizing when there is a consensus made on at least one decision to be made during the conference.

公开(公告)号：US11159591B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-26

申请号：US16910320

申请日：2020-06-24

Applicant: RINGCENTRAL, INC.

Inventor： Karl Klug ,  Patrick Kleiner

IPC: G06F15/16 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: Method and software product for transferring data, plus equipment for controlling data transfer in a multimedia system that includes a group of participants' terminals, with which multimedia data generated by participants' terminals contained in the group are sent to one or more participants' terminals contained in the group and played back there. A central synchronization unit generates synchronization labels containing time information and sends them to the participants' terminals contained in the group, and the synchronization labels are used to play back information in modified time.

公开(公告)号：US11140202B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-05

申请号：US16452795

申请日：2019-06-26

Applicant: RingCentral, Inc.

Inventor： Patrick Kleiner ,  Karl Klug

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  H04L12/18 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06Q50/00

Abstract: A method and communication system are disclosed for conducting a conference among conference participants connected by a communication system. This system has at least one conference server and at least one image reproduction unit at each conference environment. The method involves collecting context data concerning at least one of the conference participants at multiple timed intervals; calculating a relationship value from the context data at the timed intervals; determining a relationship status, wherein the relationship status is expressed using one of several categories defined by a threshold value, depending on the calculated relationship value; and displaying the relationship status on at least one image reproduction unit during the conference. The method may be performed at the beginning of the conference and/or when a new participant joins the conference.

公开(公告)号：US11354374B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-07

申请号：US16694094

申请日：2019-11-25

Applicant: RingCentral, Inc.

Inventor： Karl Klug ,  Viktor Ransmayr ,  Juergen Totzke

IPC: G06F16/957 ,  G06F9/54 ,  G06F9/50 ,  H04L67/025 ,  G06F9/451 ,  G06F16/958 ,  G06F9/455

Abstract: The controlling of accessible browser functions of a physical side of a remote or virtual desktop environment can include: setting up a virtual desktop infrastructure between a physical unit (1) of a user, on said physical side, and a virtual unit (2) assigned to said user, on a virtual or remote side; running a first web browser (31) at the physical unit (1) and a second web browser (41) at the virtual unit (2); establishing a WebRTC data channel (68) between said first and second web browsers (41) running at the physical unit (1) and the virtual unit (2), respectively; and controlling said browser functions of said first web browser (31) running at the physical unit (1) remotely by said virtual unit (2) utilizing said WebRTC data channel (68) established between the physical unit (1) and the virtual unit (2).