Patents by Inventor David Niall Coghlan

David Niall Coghlan 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).

  • Patent number: 10043538
    Abstract: Technologies are described for identifying familiar or interesting parts of music content by analyzing changes in vocal power using frequency spectrums. For example, a frequency spectrum can be generated from digitized audio. Using the frequency spectrum, the harmonic content and percussive content can be separated. The vocal content can then be separated from the harmonic and/or percussive content. The vocal content can then be processed to identify surge points in the digitized audio. In some implementations, the vocal content is included in the harmonic content during the separation procedure and is then separated from the harmonic content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stewart Paul Tootill, Kevin Lingley, David Niall Coghlan, Michal Vine, Linden Vongsathorn
  • Publication number: 20180075866
    Abstract: Technologies are described for identifying familiar or interesting parts of music content by analyzing changes in vocal power using frequency spectrums. For example, a frequency spectrum can be generated from digitized audio. Using the frequency spectrum, the harmonic content and percussive content can be separated. The vocal content can then be separated from the harmonic and/or percussive content. The vocal content can then be processed to identify surge points in the digitized audio. In some implementations, the vocal content is included in the harmonic content during the separation procedure and is then separated from the harmonic content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stewart Paul Tootill, Kevin Lingley, David Niall Coghlan, Michal Vine, Linden Vongsathorn
  • Publication number: 20170372724
    Abstract: Technologies are described for identifying familiar or interesting parts of music content by analyzing changes in vocal power using frequency spectrums. For example, a frequency spectrum can be generated from digitized audio. Using the frequency spectrum, the harmonic content and percussive content can be separated. The vocal content can then be separated from the harmonic and/or percussive content. The vocal content can then be processed to identify surge points in the digitized audio. In some implementations, the vocal content is included in the harmonic content during the separation procedure and is then separated from the harmonic content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stewart Paul Tootill, Kevin Lingley, David Niall Coghlan, Michal Vine, Linden Vongsathorn
  • Patent number: 9852745
    Abstract: Technologies are described for identifying familiar or interesting parts of music content by analyzing changes in vocal power using frequency spectrums. For example, a frequency spectrum can be generated from digitized audio. Using the frequency spectrum, the harmonic content and percussive content can be separated. The vocal content can then be separated from the harmonic and/or percussive content. The vocal content can then be processed to identify surge points in the digitized audio. In some implementations, the vocal content is included in the harmonic content during the separation procedure and is then separated from the harmonic content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Stewart Paul Tootill, Kevin Lingley, David Niall Coghlan, Michal Vine, Linden Vongsathorn
  • Publication number: 20160295256
    Abstract: Techniques are described for remuxing multimedia content received in a digital video broadcasting format without performing transcoding of the video and/or audio content. For example, a computing device with a digital television tuner can receive multimedia content in a digital video broadcast format. The computing device can remux the received multimedia content from the digital video broadcasting format in which the multimedia content is received into a target streaming protocol for streaming to other devices. Remuxing operations can comprise demultiplexing the received multimedia content to separate the audio and video content, performing meta-data reconstruction, and multiplexing the audio and video content into a target stream using a target streaming protocol format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Neeraj Sharma, Yongjun Wu, Shyam Sadhwani, Matthew Andrews, Nimesh Amin, Brian Joseph Ewanchuk, Stewart Paul Tootill, David Niall Coghlan, Michal Mark Vine