Patents Represented by Attorney Miller Patent Services
  • Patent number: 6555738
    Abstract: A method of sampling a music selection to produce a music clipping suitable for super distribution. A computer readable music file is sampled by defining a starting point for the sample at a fixed time from the beginning of the music selection. The stopping point is similarly selected as a fixed time from the starting point for the sample. The actual fixed times can be varied based upon the genre of the music when another embodiment flags or headers can be used to define the starting and ending time of the sample. Once the sample has been defined, data from the sample is extracted and compressed to reduce the file size to a size suitable for super distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Hughes, Matthew A. Carpenter, Mandana Massiha, Phuong L. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 6468029
    Abstract: A pump device for pumping a fluid having a housing which includes an inner wall to form a cavity. The device further includes an impeller rotatably mounted in the housing and residing in the cavity, wherein the impeller includes a cylindrical portion and first and second helixes that extend above the cylindrical portion. The first helix is adjacent the second helix such that the first and second helixes are interleaved with each other along a length of the impeller. The device also includes at least one inlet port formed in the housing for receiving fluid into the cavity, wherein upon rotation of the impeller, the fluid is caused to move in an axial direction and in a radial direction such that a centrifugal force is generated causing the fluid to move to the inner wall. A reaction force is then generated that causes the fluid to move back toward the impeller to increase friction between the impeller and the fluid to thereby increase the amount of fluid that is moved by the impeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Inventor: George J. Teplanszky