Patents by Inventor Robert W. Ingraham

Robert W. Ingraham 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).

  • System and method for compressing portions of a media signal using different codecs
    Patent number: 8064515
    Abstract: An input module obtains a media signal to be communicated to a destination system, after which an identification module identifies a plurality of scenes within the media signal. A selection module automatically selects different codecs from a codec library to respectively compress at least two of the scenes. The codecs are automatically selected to produce a highest compression quality for the respective scenes according to a set of criteria without exceeding a target data rate. A compression module then compresses the scenes using the automatically selected codecs, after which an output module delivers the compressed scenes to the destination system with an indication of which codec was used to compress each scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Interact Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Jodie L. Reynolds, Robert W. Ingraham, Lawrence S. Reznick, John E. Wilkinson, Jack A. Prock, Danny L. Mabey
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSING PORTIONS OF A MEDIA SIGNAL USING DIFFERENT CODECS
    Publication number: 20090310671
    Abstract: An input module obtains a media signal to be communicated to a destination system, after which an identification module identifies a plurality of scenes within the media signal. A selection module automatically selects different codecs from a codec library to respectively compress at least two of the scenes. The codecs are automatically selected to produce a highest compression quality for the respective scenes according to a set of criteria without exceeding a target data rate. A compression module then compresses the scenes using the automatically selected codecs, after which an output module delivers the compressed scenes to the destination system with an indication of which codec was used to compress each scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: Interact Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Jodie L. Reynolds, Robert W. Ingraham, Lawrence S. Reznick, John E. Wilkinson, Jack A. Prock, Danny L. Mabey
  • System and method for compressing portions of a media signal using different codecs
    Patent number: 7599434
    Abstract: An input module obtains a media signal to be communicated to a destination system, after which an identification module identifies a plurality of scenes within the media signal. A selection module automatically selects different codecs from a codec library to respectively compress at least two of the scenes. The codecs are automatically selected to produce a highest compression quality for the respective scenes according to a set of criteria without exceeding a target data rate. A compression module then compresses the scenes using the automatically selected codecs, after which an output module delivers the compressed scenes to the destination system with an indication of which codec was used to compress each scene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Inventors: Jodie L. Reynolds, Robert W. Ingraham, Lawrence S. Reznick, John E. Wilkinson, Jack A. Prock, Danny L. Mabey
  • Systems, devices and methods for securely distributing highly-compressed multimedia content
    Patent number: 7457359
    Abstract: A multimedia distribution device includes a nonvolatile memory that stores a compressed media signal in which at least two scenes are selectively compressed using different codecs from a codec library, the codecs being automatically selected to produce a highest compression quality for the respective scenes according to a set of criteria without exceeding a target data rate. The nonvolatile memory also stores a plurality of codec indicators specifying which codecs from the codec library were used to respectively compress each scene within the compressed media signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Inventors: Danny L. Mabey, Lawrence S. Reznick, John E. Wilkinson, Jack A. Prock, Jodie L. Reynolds, Robert W. Ingraham
  • System and method for compressing portions of a media signal using different codecs
    Publication number: 20040086039
    Abstract: An input module obtains a media signal to be communicated to a destination system, after which an identification module identifies a plurality of scenes within the media signal. A selection module automatically selects different codecs from a codec library to respectively compress at least two of the scenes. The codecs are automatically selected to produce a highest compression quality for the respective scenes according to a set of criteria without exceeding a target data rate. A compression module then compresses the scenes using the automatically selected codecs, after which an output module delivers the compressed scenes to the destination system with an indication of which codec was used to compress each scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: Interact Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Jodie L. Reynolds, Robert W. Ingraham, Lawrence S. Reznick, John E. Wilkinson, Jack A. Prock, Danny L. Mabey