IP Library Granted Patent US 12,112,532
Granted Patent B2
US 12,112,532 · App. 18/313,631 · Granted Oct 8, 2024

Copying shared content using machine vision

Inventor: Shane Paul Springer (Oregon City, OR)
Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,112,532
App. No.
18/313,631
Granted
Oct 8, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Selections of content shared from a remote device during a video conference are copied to a destination of a computing device connected to the video conference live or at which a recording of the video conference is viewed. The content shared from the remote device during the video conference is output at a display of the computing device. A portion of the content is selected according to an instruction received from a user of the computing device while output at the display of the computing device to copy to a destination associated with software running at the computing device. The portion of the content is identified using a machine vision process performed against the content while output at the display of the computing device. The portion of the content is then copied to the destination.

Claims (39)

1. A method, comprising:

performing, based on an instruction received from a user of a computing device while content shared from a remote device during a video conference is output for display at the computing device, a machine vision process on the content to configure the content for copying; and

copying the content to a destination associated with the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving the instruction from the user while the content is output at a display of the computing device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the machine vision process on the content to configure the content for copying comprises:

performing optical character recognition to identify text within the content.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the machine vision process on the content to configure the content for copying comprises:

performing image detection using edge recognition to identify a boundary of an image within the content.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the machine vision process on the content to configure the content for copying comprises:

performing the machine vision process while the video conference is ongoing.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the machine vision process on the content to configure the content for copying comprises:

performing the machine vision process while a recording of the video conference is playing at the computing device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the destination corresponds to a client application used to connect the computing device to the video conference.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the destination corresponds to document processing software running at the computing device.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

performing, based on an instruction received from a user of a computing device while content shared from a remote device during a video conference is output for display at the computing device, a machine vision process on the content to configure the content for copying; and

copying the content to a destination associated with the computing device.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the operations for performing the machine vision process comprise one of:

performing optical character recognition on the content; or

performing image detection using edge recognition on the content.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the instruction received from the user of the computing device corresponds to a selection of the content by the user of the computing device.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein a sharing permission restricts copying second content shared from the remote device.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the operations for copying the content to the destination comprise:

copying the content from the video conference to a cache; and

copying the content from the cache to the destination.

14. A device, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors configured to execute instructions stored in the one or more memories to:

perform, based on an instruction received from a user of the device while content shared from a remote device during a video conference is output for display at the device, a machine vision process on the content to configure the content for copying; and

copying the content to a destination associated with the device.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein, to perform the machine vision process, the one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to:

identify a hyperlink based on the content; and

prepare information associated with the hyperlink for copying.

16. The device of claim 14 , wherein the instruction received from the user of the device is received based on the user of the device using a mouse to select the content.

17. The device of claim 14 , wherein the copying is performed by a client application used to connect the device to the video conference and the destination corresponds to software other than the client application.

18. The device of claim 14 , wherein the copying is performed by a client application used to connect the device to the video conference and the destination corresponds to the client application.

19. The device of claim 14 , wherein the content includes one or more of screen share content or a conference participant video stream content.

20. The device of claim 14 , wherein the content includes one or both of text content or image content.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 7, 2025
From: ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 069839/0593 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2023
From: SPRINGER, SHANE PAUL
To: ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 063565/0682 →