Patents by Inventor Tony M. Antoun

Tony M. Antoun 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).

  • Frame-accurate editing methods and systems
    Patent number: 7564974
    Abstract: Methods and systems enable content authors to achieve frame-accurate editing and, in at least some embodiments, reduce the amount of content that needs to be decompressed in order to operate on the frames. Some embodiments ensure that bit rate integrity is preserved so that bit rate conditions associated with streaming environments are preserved. Various embodiments intelligently determine which content portions should be decompressed, processed, and recompressed and which content portions should not be decompressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alexandre V. Grigorovitch, Chih-lung Bruce Lin, Gareth Alan Howell, Mei L. Wilson, Niranjan S. Nayak, Olivier Colle, Randolph B Oakley, Blake Bender, Tony M. Antoun
  • Smart profiles for capturing and publishing audio and video streams
    Patent number: 7409145
    Abstract: A method and system for capturing video and/or audio streams and for publishing consolidated video and/or consolidated audio streams. A capture profile specifying parameters for capturing the video stream and/or audio stream is selected from a list of predefined profiles as a function of data contained in the video and/or audio stream. A publish profile specifying parameters for publishing the video stream and/or audio stream is selected from a list of predefined profiles as a function of data contained in the consolidated video and/or consolidated audio stream. Moreover, the publish profile is selected to provide the best quality video and/or audio during playback, or to provide the best fir for a maximum file size designated by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tony M. Antoun, Olivier Colle, Gareth Alan Howell
  • Smart profiles for capturing and publishing audio and video streams
    Publication number: 20040131340
    Abstract: A method and system for capturing video and/or audio streams and for publishing consolidated video and/or consolidated audio streams. A capture profile specifying parameters for capturing the video stream and/or audio stream is selected from a list of predefined profiles as a function of data contained in the video and/or audio stream. A publish profile specifying parameters for publishing the video stream and/or audio stream is selected from a list of predefined profiles as a function of data contained in the consolidated video and/or consolidated audio stream. Moreover, the publish profile is selected to provide the best quality video and/or audio during playback, or to provide the best fir for a maximum file size designated by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tony M. Antoun, Olivier Colle, Gareth Alan Howell