Patents by Inventor Henry Dexter Chadwick

Henry Dexter Chadwick 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).

  • Method, system and program product for extracting essence from a multimedia file received in a first format, creating a metadata file in a second file format and using a unique identifier assigned to the essence to access the essence and metadata file
    Patent number: 7149750
    Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and program for storing data in a data store, a first file in a first file format is received including essence, metadata objects providing information on the essence, and a unique identifier assigned to the essence. The essence is extracted from the file and stored in the data store. The metadata is extracted from each metadata object in the first file and stored in the data store in a second file format. The extracted metadata and essence in the data store are accessible using the unique identifier assigned to the essence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Henry Dexter Chadwick
  • Method and system for direct ingest and storage of digital video content with immediate access to content for browsing and editing
    Publication number: 20040240541
    Abstract: A video encoder system and method for receiving uncompressed streaming video and outputting a continuous compressed video stream. The system a video encoder to compress the input video stream; and a formatter and indexer to receive the compressed video stream, apply indexing metadata and formatting metadata to the video stream, and output a formatted video stream that is capable of storage and access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Henry Dexter Chadwick, Leonard DeGollado, Gene Ray Griffin
  • Method, system, and program for storing data in a data store
    Publication number: 20030115219
    Abstract: Provided is a method, system, and program for storing data in a data store, a first file in a first file format is received including essence, metadata objects providing information on the essence, and a unique identifier assigned to the essence. The essence is extracted from the file and stored in the data store. The metadata is extracted from each metadata object in the first file and stored in the data store in a second file format. The extracted metadata and essence in the data store are accessible using the unique identifier assigned to the essence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Henry Dexter Chadwick
  • Apparatus for fault-tolerant multimedia program distribution
    Patent number: 6112223
    Abstract: A fault tolerant multimedia program distribution system includes a number of controllers for transmitting instances of predetermined multimedia program information to a communications network at predetermined times, a storage system for storing the multimedia program information, and a multiple access storage control device which allows multiple access to the storage system by more than one distribution controller at any time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Henry Dexter Chadwick, David William Davenport, Leonard DeGollado, James William Eldridge, Michael Joseph Flynn, Roger Lee Haskin, Leung Ping Lee, Gregory Allen Poist, Frank Lonnie Stein, Jeffrey Lloyd Weiner