Patents by Inventor Vivien Zapf

Vivien Zapf 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).

  • Generation of a media content database by correlating repeating media content in media streams
    Publication number: 20050193016
    Abstract: A media content database is created and maintained by comparing the media items from two related media streams. Segments of media items from the streams are sampled and stored. Samples from one stream are matched against samples from the other stream to identify any repeating content in the streams. A reviewer observes the matched samples representing the repeating content and provides identifying meta-data for that content. The identified media content is then added to the media content database, where it can be used at a later time in an application that requires media content recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Nicholas Seet, Vivien Zapf