Patents by Inventor Kevin Lingley

Kevin Lingley 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: 20170127121
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for viewing and recording television content received within a DVR or the like. The system stores the content in discrete data chunks, and assigns each chunk a first reference count. When a user wishes to record incoming received content, the reference count of the chunks associated with the content to be recorded are updated from the first reference count to a second reference count. In this way, the data chunks may be shared by the different systems (e.g., the moving live pause buffer and one or more recorded DVR streams) and it is not necessary to create and save multiple copies of the received content. Older data chunks of the first reference count may be periodically purged as new data chunks are created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin Lingley, Michal Mark Vine, David Coghlan, Stewart Tootill, Linden Vongsathorn