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Benjamin Slotznick
Also filed as: SLOTZNICK BENJAMIN
50 granted patents·7 pending applications·3,310 citations·filing 1997–2024
99Inventor score
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57 records- 0199US11621979B1Method and apparatus for repositioning meeting participants within a virtual space view in an online meeting user interface based on gestures made by the meeting participantsSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 4, 2023·21 cites·18 claims
- 0299US11601618B1Method of using online, real-time, interactive, multiplane camera view to enhance videoconferencing platformsSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 7, 2023·22 cites·13 claims
- 0399US11343293B1System and method of enabling a non-host, participant-initiated breakout session in a videoconferencing system, and simultaneously displaying a session view of a videoconferencing session and the participant-initiated breakout sessionSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2022·Granted May 24, 2022·44 cites·20 claims
- 0499US11330021B1System and method of mirroring a display of multiple video feeds in videoconferencing systemsSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2021·Granted May 10, 2022·17 cites·18 claims
- 0599US11107490B1System and method for adding host-sent audio streams to videoconferencing meetings, without compromising intelligibility of the conversational componentsSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 31, 2021·33 cites·27 claims
- 0699US7058356B2Telephone device with enhanced audio-visual features for interacting with nearby displays and display screensSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 6, 2006·351 cites·16 claims
- 0798US11601731B1Computer program product and method for auto-focusing a camera on an in-person attendee who is speaking into a microphone at a hybrid meeting that is being streamed via a videoconferencing system to remote attendeesSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2022·Granted Mar 7, 2023·10 cites·14 claims
- 0898US11521636B1Method and apparatus for using a test audio pattern to generate an audio signal transform for use in performing acoustic echo cancellationSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 6, 2022·11 cites·8 claims
- 0998US11444982B1Method and apparatus for repositioning meeting participants within a gallery view in an online meeting user interface based on gestures made by the meeting participantsSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 13, 2022·7 cites·18 claims
- 1098US6011537ASystem for delivering and simultaneously displaying primary and secondary information, and for displaying only the secondary information during interstitial spaceFiled 1998·Granted Jan 4, 2000·998 cites·51 claims
- 1197US11546385B1Method and apparatus for self-selection by participant to display a mirrored or unmirrored video feed of the participant in a videoconferencing platformSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2022·Granted Jan 3, 2023·8 cites·16 claims
- 1297US11444990B1System and method of enabling a non-host, participant-initiated breakout session in a videoconferencing system utilizing a virtual space, and simultaneously displaying a session view of a videoconferencing session and the participant-initiated breakout sessionSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2022·Granted Sep 13, 2022·5 cites·14 claims
- 1397US11386912B1Method and computer program product for allowing a plurality of musicians who are in physically separate locations to create a single musical performance using a teleconferencing platform provided by a host serverSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2022·Granted Jul 12, 2022·5 cites·6 claims
- 1497US8620208B2Portable device for communicating with a remotely located entitySLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 31, 2013·20 cites·16 claims
- 1597US8131208B2Method of using a telephone device to view content stored therein on a nearby display screen which is not physically connected to the telephone deviceSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2010·Granted Mar 6, 2012·26 cites·16 claims
- 1696US11750925B1Computer program product and method for auto-focusing a camera on an in-person attendee who is speaking into a microphone at a meetingSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 5, 2023·4 cites·14 claims
- 1796US7496328B2Method of using a telephone device having enhanced audio-visual features for interacting with nearby displays and display screensSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 24, 2009·20 cites·10 claims
- 1895US6907571B2Adjunct use of instant messenger software to enable communications to or between chatterbots or other software agentsFiled 2001·Granted Jun 14, 2005·100 cites·16 claims
- 1994US12267589B1Computer program product and automated method for auto-focusing a camera and/or a lighting fixture on one of a plurality of microphones in a venue that is being worn, carried, held, or spoken into by a person at the venueSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2024·Granted Apr 1, 2025·2 cites·28 claims
- 2094US11902659B1Computer program product and method for auto-focusing a lighting fixture on a person in a venue who is wearing, or carrying, or holding, or speaking into a microphone at the venueSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2023·Granted Feb 13, 2024·2 cites·20 claims
- 2194US11889188B1Computer program product and method for auto-focusing one or more cameras on selected persons in a venue who are performers of a performance occurring at the venueSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 30, 2024·3 cites·14 claims
- 2294US11877058B1Computer program product and automated method for auto-focusing a camera on a person in a venue who is wearing, or carrying, or holding, or speaking into a microphone at the venueSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 16, 2024·3 cites·20 claims
- 2394US11282532B1Participant-individualized audio volume control and host-customized audio volume control of streaming audio for a plurality of participants who are each receiving the streaming audio from a host within a videoconferencing platform, and who are also simultaneously engaged in remote audio communications with each other within the same videoconferencing platformSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2021·Granted Mar 22, 2022·4 cites·16 claims
- 2494US5983200AIntelligent agent for executing delegated tasksFiled 1997·Granted Nov 9, 1999·819 cites·20 claims
- 2593US8433240B2Apparatus for viewing of content contained therein on a nearby display screenSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2012·Granted Apr 30, 2013·9 cites·30 claims
- 2693US7519661B2Adjunct use of instant messenger software to enable communications to or between chatterbots or other software agentsSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2005·Granted Apr 14, 2009·24 cites·14 claims
- 2793US7194411B2Method of displaying web pages to enable user access to text information that the user has difficulty readingSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 20, 2007·133 cites·34 claims
- 2892US7856204B2Method of using a telephone device to view content stored therein on a nearby display screen which is not physically connected to the telephone deviceSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 21, 2010·9 cites·9 claims
- 2991US11889187B1Computer program product and method for auto-focusing one or more lighting fixtures on selected persons in a venue who are performers of a performance occurring at the venueSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2023·Granted Jan 30, 2024·2 cites·14 claims
- 3088US8978816B2Sound limiting acoustic shell using a hanging acoustic canopySLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 17, 2015·11 cites·20 claims
- 3187US8326928B2Adjunct use of instant messenger software to enable communications to or between chatterbots or other software agentsSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 4, 2012·11 cites·14 claims
- 3286US8549074B2Adjunct use of instant messenger software to enable communications to or between chatterbots or other software agentsSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 1, 2013·6 cites·2 claims
- 3386US7788100B2Clickless user interaction with text-to-speech enabled web page for users who have reading difficultySLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 31, 2010·19 cites·8 claims
- 3486US6108640ASystem for calculating occasion dates and converting between different calendar systems, and intelligent agent for using sameFiled 1998·Granted Aug 22, 2000·376 cites·29 claims
- 3585US8666308B2Apparatus for viewing content contained therein on a nearby display screen with payment module for charging an account for viewing the contentSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 4, 2014·3 cites·16 claims
- 3684US12255935B1Bridging application between multiple videoconferencing platformsSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2024·Granted Mar 18, 2025·0 cites·16 claims
- 3784US6609146B1System for automatically switching between two executable programs at a user's computer interface during processing by one of the executable programsFiled 1998·Granted Aug 19, 2003·112 cites·99 claims
- 3882US7137127B2Method of processing information embedded in a displayed objectSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 14, 2006·34 cites·26 claims
- 3980US8130200B2Combination thumb keyboard and mouseSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 6, 2012·8 cites·29 claims
- 4079US8718539B2Portable device that is adapted to remotely control content on a nearby display screenSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2012·Granted May 6, 2014·2 cites·58 claims
- 4175US12010156B1System and method of enabling a non-host, participant-initiated breakout session in a videoconferencing system, and displaying breakout session participants in a participant-initiated breakout session viewSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2022·Granted Jun 11, 2024·0 cites·12 claims
- 4275US8442427B2Apparatus for viewing full version of content contained therein on a nearby display screenSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2012·Granted May 14, 2013·1 cites·27 claims
- 4374US7882434B2User prompting when potentially mistaken actions occur during user interaction with content on a display screenSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 1, 2011·15 cites·54 claims
- 4468US12010153B1Method and apparatus for displaying video feeds in an online meeting user interface in a manner that visually distinguishes a first subset of participants from a second subset of participantsSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2023·Granted Jun 11, 2024·0 cites·16 claims
- 4568US11595448B1Method and apparatus for automatically creating mirrored views of the video feed of meeting participants in breakout rooms or conversation groups during a videoconferencing sessionSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 28, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 4666US9357335B2Portable device that is adapted to remotely control content on a nearby display screenAMAZON TECH INC·Filed 2014·Granted May 31, 2016·0 cites·20 claims
- 4765US11843897B1Method of using online, real-time, interactive, multiplane camera view to enhance videoconferencing platformsSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2023·Granted Dec 12, 2023·0 cites·21 claims
- 4859US12244655B1Interpersonal networking in virtual space pre-meeting waiting rooms and post-meeting sessions for participants of a videoconferencing sessionSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2024·Granted Mar 4, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 4957US12149567B1Interpersonal networking in virtual space pre-meeting waiting rooms and post-meeting exit queues for participants of a videoconferencing sessionSLOTZNICK BENJAMIN·Filed 2024·Granted Nov 19, 2024·0 cites·18 claims
- 5046US2005050002A1Apparatus and method of presenting textual material to enhance readability for people who have difficulty distinguishing left from rightFiled 2004·Application pending·0 cites
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