IP Library Granted Patent US 11,323,659
Granted Patent B2
US 11,323,659 · App. 17/183,890 · Granted May 3, 2022

Video communication device, video communication method, and video communication mediating method

Inventors: Sangil Ahn (Cheongju-si, KR); Kangsik Jung (Seoul, KR); Hyountaek Yong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Hyperconnect Inc.
H04N7/147G06K9/00711G06N20/00G10L15/30H04N7/152
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Patent No.
US 11,323,659
App. No.
17/183,890
Granted
May 3, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

One or more embodiment relates to a video communication device, video communication method, and a video communication mediating method, which are capable of preventing a user in a video communication from being exposed to an inappropriate image or sound from the other party. One or more embodiment may provide a video communication method comprising establishing a first video communication session with a first terminal, consecutively receiving images or sounds from the first terminal through the first video communication session, examining at least a portion of images or sounds received in a period of recent specific time among the received images or sounds, and blocking an output of at least a portion of the received images or sounds or reporting a user of the first terminal as an abusive user to a first server according to the result of the examining.

Claims (26)

1. A video communication mediating method comprising:

receiving, by a server, a mediation request from a plurality of terminals;

mediating, by the server, a first video communication connection between a first terminal and a second terminal among the plurality of terminals;

receiving, by the server, a report from the first terminal, which indicates that a user of the first terminal or a user of the second terminal is an abusive user;

mediating, by the server, a second video communication connection between a terminal of the reported user and a terminal of a monitoring agent after ending the first video communication connection in response to the report; and

receiving, by the server, a result of verification on the reported user from the terminal of the monitoring agent.

2. The video communication mediating method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving comprises receive the report that the user of at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal is the abusive user according to an examining result of examining images or sounds received by the at least one of the terminal by running a machine learning model in the at least one of the terminal.

3. The video communication mediating method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises determining, by the server, whether to reject an additional mediation request from the reported user based on the received result of verification.

4. The video communication mediating method of claim 2 , the machine learning model, as a result of running, calculates result value of probability that the image to be examined does not include an abusive element, the probability that the image to be examined includes an abusive element, and the probability that the image to be examined includes a specific abusive element.

5. The video communication mediating method of claim 4 , wherein the receiving comprises receive the report that the user of the at least one terminal is the abusive user, if the number of times that the examining result includes the abusive element or the specific abusive element is more than the preset number.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive a mediation request from a plurality of terminals;

mediate a first video communication connection between a first terminal and a second terminal among the plurality of terminals;

receive a report from the first terminal, which indicates that a user of the first terminal or a user of the second terminal is an abusive user;

mediate a second video communication connection between a terminal of the reported user and a terminal of a monitoring agent after ending the first video communication connection in response to the report; and

receive a result of verification on the reported user from the terminal of the monitoring agent.

7. A server for a video call mediation comprising at least one processor which is configured to:

receive a mediation request from a plurality of terminals;

mediate a first video communication connection between a first terminal and a second terminal among the plurality of terminals;

receive a report from the first terminal, which indicates that a user of the first terminal or a user of the second terminal is an abusive user;

mediate a second video communication connection between a terminal of the reported user and a terminal of a monitoring agent after ending the first video communication connection in response to the report; and

receive a result of verification on the reported user from the terminal of the monitoring agent.

8. The server of claim 7 , wherein processor is further configured to receive the report that the user of at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal is the abusive user according to an examining result of examining images or sounds received by the at least one of the terminal by running a machine learning model in the at least one of the terminal.

9. The server of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether to reject an additional mediation request from the reported user based on the received result of verification.

10. The server of claim 8 , wherein the machine learning model, as a result of running, calculates result value of probability that the image to be examined does not include an abusive element, the probability that the image to be examined includes an abusive element, and the probability that the image to be examined includes a specific abusive element.

11. The server of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the report that the user of the at least one terminal is the abusive user, if the number of times that the examining result includes the abusive element or the specific abusive element is more than the preset number.

Assignments (4)
CONFIRMATION OF ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 30, 2022
From: AHN, SANG IL
To: HYPERCONNECT INC.
Reel/Frame 062026/0401 →
CONFIRMATION OF ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 28, 2022
From: JUNG, KANG SIK
To: HYPERCONNECT INC.
Reel/Frame 062005/0483 →
CONFIRMATION OF ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 21, 2022
From: YONG, HYOUN TAEK
To: HYPERCONNECT INC.
Reel/Frame 061975/0837 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2021
From: AHN, SANGIL; JUNG, KANGSIK; YONG, HYOUNTAEK
To: HYPERCONNECT, INC.
Reel/Frame 056435/0052 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0048893 · Apr 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16605657
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