Patents by Inventor Chiyoko Matsumi
Chiyoko Matsumi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8935242Abstract: Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Ian Cameron Mercer, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Toshihiko Mizukami, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Chiyoko Matsumi, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yasuyuki Torii, Keisuke Matsuo
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Patent number: 8886685Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A container group is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the container group along with references to each of the playlists.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Patent number: 8738615Abstract: Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Ian Cameron Mercer, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Toshihiko Mizukami, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Chiyoko Matsumi, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yasuyuki Torii, Keisuke Matsuo
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Publication number: 20120323917Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A container group is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the container group along with references to each of the playlists.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicants: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Patent number: 8280920Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A container group is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the container group along with references to each of the playlists.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Publication number: 20110218998Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A container group is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the container group along with references to each of the playlists.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2011Publication date: September 8, 2011Applicants: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Patent number: 7991803Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A folder is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the folder along with references to each of the playlists.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Publication number: 20110173163Abstract: Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicants: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Ian Cameron Mercer, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Toshihiko Mizukami, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Chiyoko Matsumi, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yasuyuki Torii, Keisuke Matsuo
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Publication number: 20100114846Abstract: Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2010Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicants: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Ian Cameron Mercer, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Toshihiko Mizukami, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Chiyoko Matsumi, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yasuyuki Torii, Keisuke Matsuo
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Publication number: 20100114986Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A folder is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the folder along with references to each of the playlists.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2010Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicants: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Publication number: 20100085655Abstract: It has been difficult to replay data in a manner which better suits a user's intention. A recording/replaying system comprises a recording medium 15 on which a plurality of data pieces are recorded, write file managing means 11 which records on the recording medium 15 one or multiple lists which are for selecting predetermined data pieces from among the plurality of recorded data pieces and specifying thus selected predetermined data pieces, file recording means 14, control means 21 which replays the predetermined data pieces specified by the lists based on thus recorded one or multiple lists, the file replaying means 23, and the data file outputting means 24.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Chiyoko MATSUMI, Nobuyasu TAKEGUCHI, Harutoshi MIYAMOTO, Yoshifumi YANAGAWA, Tetsuya ITANI, Jiro YAMADA, Yasuyuki TORII
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Patent number: 7680814Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A folder is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the folder along with references to each of the playlists.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2006Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Patent number: 7647297Abstract: Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2006Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Ian Cameron Mercer, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Toshihiko Mizukami, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Chiyoko Matsumi, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yasuyuki Torii, Keisuke Matsuo
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Patent number: 7590659Abstract: Creating and displaying an adaptive menu structure for media files. The invention includes authoring software to create the menu structure to enable a user to navigate the media files using a media player. The invention also includes filtering software to adapt the created menu structure to display menu information on a display associated with the media player as a function of a media type associated with the media player. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2006Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Chiyoko Matsumi, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Yasuyuki Torii
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Patent number: 7366733Abstract: There has been a problem that play list reproduction cannot be performed at a data processing level of a CD player and so on which cannot interpret a play list file in an HTML format. A recording and reproducing system has a CD-RW medium 15 of holding a plurality of data files of storing predetermined data, a file recording means 14 of recording in a play list file 17 held on the CD-RW medium 15 a play list describing reproduction order of reproducing predetermined data stored by all or a part of a plurality of data files respectively by using a unique contents ID given to each data file, and a file reproducing means 23 of reproducing the predetermined data stored by all or a part of the plurality of data files respectively based on the recorded play list.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2003Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignees: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Microsoft CorporationInventors: Chiyoko Matsumi, Keisuke Matsuo, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Yasuyuki Torii, Toshihiko Mizukami, Kevin Leigh La Chapelle, Ian Cameron Mercer
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Patent number: 7246180Abstract: The connection verifiable information processing system of the invention comprises: a system service 5 which outputs a first transmit request to request an output of connection information, and which processes response information to the first request, the response information being described following a first format; a WDM driver 7 which outputs a second request to request an output of connection information, and which receives response information described following a second format that a WDM compliant device 8 outputs in response to the second transmit request, while remaining unresponsive to the first transmit request; and a second FSD 13 which converts the response information described following the second format received by the WDM driver 7 into response information of the first format that the system service can process.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1999Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junji Yoshida, Chiyoko Matsumi, Yukio Kurano, Tatsuro Juri, Akira Iketani, Masazumi Yamada
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Patent number: 7194548Abstract: A data transmission apparatus for conveying proper timing information to the destination application without embedding such information in transmission data packets. Particularly, the apparatus comprises a timing component for generating and inserting additional timing information into the header at least first packet of each frame of the data stream for transmitting to a destination node. The apparatus further comprises a receiving device for extracting the additional timing information from the transmission path header and inserting the additional timing information to data packets to be sent to application. The application utilizes the added timing for processing the received data simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2000Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chiyoko Matsumi, Junji Yoshida, Masazumi Yamada, Yukio Kurano
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Publication number: 20060265403Abstract: Grouping media files via playlists on a computer-readable medium. One or more media files are selected according to a grouping criterion to define one or more playlists from the media files. A folder is associated with the playlists and stores values identifying each of the playlists associated with the folder along with references to each of the playlists.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2006Publication date: November 23, 2006Applicants: MICROSOFT CORPORATION, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Ian Mercer, Kevin LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Chiyoko Matsumi
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Patent number: 7136874Abstract: Creating and displaying an adaptive menu structure for media files. The invention includes authoring software to create the menu structure to enable a user to navigate the media files using a media player. The invention also includes filtering software to adapt the created menu structure to display menu information on a display associated with the media player as a function of a media type associated with the media player. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2002Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignees: Microsoft Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ian Cameron Mercer, Kevin Leigh LaChapelle, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Chiyoko Matsumi, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Yasuyuki Torii
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Publication number: 20060218195Abstract: Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files to render. In one embodiment, the invention is operable as part of a compressed media format having a set of small files containing metadata, menus, and playlists in a compiled binary format designed for playback on feature-rich personal computer media players as well as low cost media players.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2006Publication date: September 28, 2006Applicants: Microsoft Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kevin LaChapelle, Ian Mercer, Nobuyasu Takeguchi, Toshihiko Mizukami, Yoshifumi Yanagawa, Chiyoko Matsumi, Harutoshi Miyamoto, Yasuyuki Torii, Keisuke Matsuo