Patents by Inventor Todd C. Mason

Todd C. Mason 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).

  • DISTRIBUTED VIDEO PROCESSING IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20150281710
    Abstract: A cloud video system selectively uploads a high-resolution video and instructs one or more client devices to perform distributed processing on the high-resolution video. A client device registers high-resolution videos accessed by the client device from a camera communicatively coupled to the client device. A portion of interest within a low-resolution video transcoded from the high-resolution video is selected. A task list is generated specifying the selected portion of the high-resolution video and at least one task to perform on the portion of the high-resolution video. Commands are transmitted to prompt the client device to perform the at least one task on the specified portion of the high-resolution video according to the task list. The specified portion of the high-resolution video is modified according to the task list and uploaded to the cloud. Example tasks include transcoding, applying edits, extracting metadata, and generating highlight tags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Otto K. Sievert, Todd C. Mason, David A. Newman, Paul D. Osborne, Nicholas D. Woodman, Eric Wiggins, Jeffrey S. Youel, David Dudas
  • SELECTIVELY UPLOADING VIDEOS TO A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20150281305
    Abstract: A cloud video system selectively uploads a high-resolution video and instructs one or more client devices to perform distributed processing on the high-resolution video. A client device registers high-resolution videos accessed by the client device from a camera communicatively coupled to the client device. A portion of interest within a low-resolution video transcoded from the high-resolution video is selected. A task list is generated specifying the selected portion of the high-resolution video and at least one task to perform on the portion of the high-resolution video. Commands are transmitted to prompt the client device to perform the at least one task on the specified portion of the high-resolution video according to the task list. The specified portion of the high-resolution video is modified according to the task list and uploaded to the cloud. Example tasks include transcoding, applying edits, extracting metadata, and generating highlight tags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Otto K. Sievert, Todd C. Mason, David A. Newman, Paul D. Osborne, Nicholas D. Woodman, Eric Wiggins, Jeffrey S. Youel, David Dudas