Patents by Inventor Thal-Wey Then

Thal-Wey Then 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: 9501495
    Abstract: This is directed to systems, methods and computer-readable media for media files having timed and untimed location metadata. For example, a media file can include timed location metadata stored in a metadata track of the media file, such that individual timed packets of location information are each associated with different portions of the recorded media. In some embodiments, the location metadata can include information describing the direction the device is facing and/or elevation/tilt of the device relative a horizontal plane (e.g. a plane perpendicular to a line between the device position and the center of the earth) and/or a motion of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David William Singer, John Samuel Bushell, Thal-Wey Then, Christopher Lance Flick
  • Publication number: 20110264715
    Abstract: This is directed to systems, methods and computer-readable media for media files having timed and untimed location metadata. For example, a media file can include timed location metadata stored in a metadata track of the media file, such that individual timed packets of location information are each associated with different portions of the recorded media. In some embodiments, the location metadata can include information describing the direction the device is facing and/or elevation/tilt of the device relative a horizontal plane (e.g. a plane perpendicular to a line between the device position and the center of the earth) and/or a motion of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: David William Singer, John Samuel Bushell, Thal-Wey Then, Christopher Lance Flick