Patents by Inventor Michael Peter Anderson

Michael Peter Anderson 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).

  • Transferring a media browsing session from one device to a second device by transferring a session identifier and a session key to the second device
    Patent number: 7099946
    Abstract: A system is described in which a media browser (101), operating as a software application on a user terminal or preferably a server for a number of users, provides a user with a single user interface that facilitates browsing and searching different metadata collections over the Internet (102). A metadata server (212) is associated with each of the metadata collections. When the metadata server (212) receives a request from the media browser (101), the metadata server (212) interprets the request and replies with a description that satisfies the request and according to a predetermined scheme. The description contains at least one link which represents a return link which represents a return request to the metadata server (212).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaishsa
    Inventors: Alison Joan Lennon, Michael Peter Anderson, Ernest Yiu Cheong Wan, Sue-Ken Yap
  • Metadata processes for multimedia database access
    Publication number: 20020107973
    Abstract: A system is described in which a media browser (101), operating as a software application on a user terminal or preferably a server for a number of users, provides a user with a single user interface that facilitates browsing and searching different metadata collections over the Internet (102). A metadata server (212) is associated with each of the metadata collections. When the metadata server (212) receives a request from the media browser (101), the metadata server (212) interprets the request and replies with a description that satisfies the request and according to a predetermined scheme. The description contains at least one link which represents a return link which represents a return request to the metadata server (212).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Alison Joan Lennon, Michael Peter Anderson, Ernest Yiu Cheong Wan, Sue-Ken Yap