Patents by Inventor Alexander S. Brodie
Alexander S. Brodie 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).
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Patent number: 10372772Abstract: Media files may be prioritized based on user behavior data and social data associated with individual media files. A process of prioritizing media files may include accessing user behavior data associated with individual media files in a set of media files that are stored on a client device of a user or in a cloud-based storage location associated with the user, accessing social data associated with one or more media files of the set of media files that are determined to have been shared on a media file sharing service, and ranking the set of media files based at least in part on the user behavior data and the social data.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Alexander S. Brodie, Chunkit Jacky Chan, David J. Lee, Stacia L. C. Scott
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Publication number: 20180203937Abstract: Media files may be prioritized based on user behavior data and social data associated with individual media files. A process of prioritizing media files may include accessing user behavior data associated with individual media files in a set of media files that are stored on a client device of a user or in a cloud-based storage location associated with the user, accessing social data associated with one or more media files of the set of media files that are determined to have been shared on a media file sharing service, and ranking the set of media files based at least in part on the user behavior data and the social data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventors: Alexander S. BRODIE, Chunkit Jacky CHAN, David J. LEE, Stacia L.C. SCOTT
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Patent number: 9953086Abstract: Media files may be prioritized based on user behavior data and social data associated with individual media files. A process of prioritizing media files may include accessing user behavior data associated with individual media files in a set of media files that are stored on a client device of a user or in a cloud-based storage location associated with the user, accessing social data associated with one or more media files of the set of media files that are determined to have been shared on a media file sharing service, and ranking the set of media files based at least in part on the user behavior data and the social data.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Alexander S. Brodie, Chunkit Jacky Chan, David J. Lee, Stacia L. C. Scott
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Patent number: 9292347Abstract: A method to expose status information is provided. The status information is associated with metadata extracted from multimedia files and stored in a metadata database. The metadata information that is extracted from the multimedia files is stored in a read queue to allow a background thread to process the metadata and populate the metadata database. Additionally, the metadata database may be updated to include user-define metadata, which is written back to the multimedia files. The user-defined metadata is included in a write queue and is written to the multimedia files associated with the user-defined metadata. The status of the read and write queues are exposed to a user through a graphical user interface. The status may include the list of multimedia files included in the read and write queues, the priorities of each multimedia file, and the number of remaining multimedia files.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Alexander S. Brodie, Benjamin L. Perry, David R. Parlin, Jae Pum Park, Michael J. Gilmore, Scott E. Dart
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Publication number: 20160019298Abstract: Media files may be prioritized based on user behavior data and social data associated with individual media files. A process of prioritizing media files may include accessing user behavior data associated with individual media files in a set of media files that are stored on a client device of a user or in a cloud-based storage location associated with the user, accessing social data associated with one or more media files of the set of media files that are determined to have been shared on a media file sharing service, and ranking the set of media files based at least in part on the user behavior data and the social data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2014Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Alexander S. Brodie, Chunkit Jacky Chan, David J. Lee, Stacia L. C. Scott
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Patent number: 9020183Abstract: An image to be shared with other users based on input from a first user is received. A second user is identified from a tag of the image, and information is provided, based at least in part on the tag, to one or both of the first user and the second user. Additionally, after editing of an image a determination can be made as to whether a region of the image having an associated tag has been affected by the editing. The tag associated with the region is altered if the region has been affected by the editing, otherwise the tag associated with the region is left unaltered. Furthermore, the tag can include a first portion storing data identifying a region of the image to which the tag corresponds, and a second portion storing data identifying a person shown in the region.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Karthik G. Anbalagan, Scott R. Ramsby, Chunkit J. Chan, Michael H. Kim, John M. Thornton, Timothy R. O'Connor, Alexander S. Brodie, Samuel J. Pinson, Sr., Bryan P. Ferguson, Gyorgy K. Schadt, Aanand Narayanan Pulamanthole Pisharathu
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Publication number: 20150016691Abstract: An image having a region tagged by a first user is obtained. The tag can include a first label of a person in the region, and the label can be used by the first user to identify the person in the region. Then, a second label of the person is determined. In implementations, the second label is used by a second user to identify the person in the region. The image is then displayed with the second label when displaying the image for the second user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Karthik G. Anbalagan, Scott R. Ramsby, Chunkit J. Chan, Michael H. Kim, John M. Thornton, Timothy R. O'Connor, Alexander S. Brodie, Samuel J. Pinson, Bryan P. Ferguson, Aanand Narayanan Pisharathu, Ryan A. Kabir, Shanjeef Satchithanantham, Eric Richards, Eric W. Doerr, William D. Sproule, Shawn L. Morrissey, Mindy C. King
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Patent number: 8867779Abstract: A global tag for an image is received identifies one or more objects in the image, and a region-specific tag for the image identifies one or more objects in a region of the image. The global tag and the region-specific tag are stored with the image. Displayed, along with the image, is an identifier for each of the one or more objects identified in the global tag, and an identifier for each of the one or more objects identified in the region-specific tag. Different users are able to maintain different names for the same person, allowing the same tag of the image to be used as the basis for displaying the image with different names for the different users. Additionally, the tags can be used as a basis for generating a credits list of people that are included in a compilation of images.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Karthik G. Anbalagan, Scott R. Ramsby, Chunkit J. Chan, Michael H. Kim, John M. Thornton, Timothy R. O'Connor, Alexander S. Brodie, Samuel J. Pinson, Bryan P. Ferguson, Aanand Narayanan Pisharathu, Ryan A. Kabir, Shanjeef Satchithanantham, Eric Richards, Eric W. Doerr, William D. Sproule, Shawn L. Morrissey, Mindy C. King
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Patent number: 8396246Abstract: An image to be shared with other users based on input from a first user is received. A second user is identified from a tag of the image, and information is provided, based at least in part on the tag, to one or both of the first user and the second user. Additionally, after editing of an image a determination can be made as to whether a region of the image having an associated tag has been affected by the editing. The tag associated with the region is altered if the region has been affected by the editing, otherwise the tag associated with the region is left unaltered. Furthermore, the tag can include a first portion storing data identifying a region of the image to which the tag corresponds, and a second portion storing data identifying a person shown in the region.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Karthik G. Anbalagan, Scott R. Ramsby, Chunkit J. Chan, Michael H. Kim, John M. Thornton, Timothy R. O'Connor, Alexander S. Brodie, Samuel J. Pinson, Bryan P. Ferguson, Gyorgy K. Schadt, Aanand Narayanan Pisharathu
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Patent number: 8397156Abstract: A method disclosed herein includes the acts of receiving a document that has a people tag assigned thereto, wherein the people tag comprises first data that is indicative of an identity of a first individual that corresponds to the document, and wherein the people tag is assigned to the document by an assignor, and accessing contact data pertaining to a second individual, wherein the contact data comprises second data that is indicative of identities of contacts of the second individual, wherein the second data comprises data that is indicative of the identity of the first individual. The method also includes comparing the contact data with the first data, and displaying the document on a computer screen in conjunction with text that identifies the first individual to the third individual, wherein the text indicates a name of the first individual as assigned to the first individual by the second individual.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: John Michael Thornton, Alexander S. Brodie, Bryan P. Ferguson, Ananda Narayanan Pulamanthole Pisharathu, Samuel James Pinson, Shanjeef Satchithanantham
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Patent number: 8375007Abstract: A method to expose status information is provided. The status information is associated with metadata extracted from multimedia files and stored in a metadata database. The metadata information that is extracted from the multimedia files is stored in a read queue to allow a background thread to process the metadata and populate the metadata database. Additionally, the metadata database may be updated to include user-define metadata, which is written back to the multimedia files. The user-defined metadata is included in a write queue and is written to the multimedia files associated with the user-defined metadata. The status of the read and write queues are exposed to a user through a graphical user interface. The status may include the list of multimedia files included in the read and write queues, the priorities of each multimedia file, and the number of remaining multimedia files.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2011Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alexander S. Brodie, Benjamin L. Perry, David R. Parlin, Jae Pum Park, Michael J. Gilmore, Scott E. Dart
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Publication number: 20110252069Abstract: A method to expose status information is provided. The status information is associated with metadata extracted from multimedia files and stored in a metadata database. The metadata information that is extracted from the multimedia files is stored in a read queue to allow a background thread to process the metadata and populate the metadata database. Additionally, the metadata database may be updated to include user-define metadata, which is written back to the multimedia files. The user-defined metadata is included in a write queue and is written to the multimedia files associated with the user-defined metadata. The status of the read and write queues are exposed to a user through a graphical user interface. The status may include the list of multimedia files included in the read and write queues, the priorities of each multimedia file, and the number of remaining multimedia files.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: ALEXANDER S. BRODIE, BENJAMIN L. PERRY, DAVID R. PARLIN, JAE PUM PARK, MICHAEL J. GILMORE, SCOTT E. DART
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Patent number: 7987160Abstract: A method to expose status information is provided. The status information is associated with metadata extracted from multimedia files and stored in a metadata database. The metadata information that is extracted from the multimedia files is stored in a read queue to allow a background thread to process the metadata and populate the metadata database. Additionally, the metadata database may be updated to include user-define metadata, which is written back to the multimedia files. The user-defined metadata is included in a write queue and is written to the multimedia files associated with the user-defined metadata. The status of the read and write queues are exposed to a user through a graphical user interface. The status may include the list of multimedia files included in the read and write queues, the priorities of each multimedia file, and the number of remaining multimedia files.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2006Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alexander S. Brodie, Benjamin L. Perry, David R. Parlin, Jae Pum Park, Michael J. Gilmore, Scott E. Dart
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Publication number: 20110067087Abstract: A method disclosed herein includes the acts of receiving a document that has a people tag assigned thereto, wherein the people tag comprises first data that is indicative of an identity of a first individual that corresponds to the document, and wherein the people tag is assigned to the document by an assignor, and accessing contact data pertaining to a second individual, wherein the contact data comprises second data that is indicative of identities of contacts of the second individual, wherein the second data comprises data that is indicative of the identity of the first individual. The method also includes comparing the contact data with the first data, and displaying the document on a computer screen in conjunction with text that identifies the first individual to the third individual, wherein the text indicates a name of the first individual as assigned to the first individual by the second individual.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2009Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: John Michael Thornton, Alexander S. Brodie, Bryan P. Ferguson, Ananda Narayanan Pulamanthole Pisharathu, Samuel James Pinson, Shanjeef Satchithanantham
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Publication number: 20100054601Abstract: A global tag for an image is received identifies one or more objects in the image, and a region-specific tag for the image identifies one or more objects in a region of the image. The global tag and the region-specific tag are stored with the image. Displayed, along with the image, is an identifier for each of the one or more objects identified in the global tag, and an identifier for each of the one or more objects identified in the region-specific tag. Different users are able to maintain different names for the same person, allowing the same tag of the image to be used as the basis for displaying the image with different names for the different users. Additionally, the tags can be used as a basis for generating a credits list of people that are included in a compilation of images.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2008Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Karthik G. Anbalagan, Scott R. Ramsby, Chunkit J. Chan, Michael H. Kim, John M. Thornton, Timothy R. O'Connor, Alexander S. Brodie, Samuel J. Pinson, Bryan P. Ferguson, Aanand Narayanan Pisharathu, Ryan A. Kabir, Shanjeef Satchithanantham, Eric Richards, Eric W. Doerr, William D. Sproule, Shawn L. Morrissey, Mindy C. King
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Publication number: 20100054600Abstract: An image to be shared with other users based on input from a first user is received. A second user is identified from a tag of the image, and information is provided, based at least in part on the tag, to one or both of the first user and the second user. Additionally, after editing of an image a determination can be made as to whether a region of the image having an associated tag has been affected by the editing. The tag associated with the region is altered if the region has been affected by the editing, otherwise the tag associated with the region is left unaltered. Furthermore, the tag can include a first portion storing data identifying a region of the image to which the tag corresponds, and a second portion storing data identifying a person shown in the region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2008Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Karthik G. Anbalagan, Scott R. Ramsby, Chunkit J. Chan, Michael H. Kim, John M. Thornton, Timothy R. O'Connor, Alexander S. Brodie, Samuel J. Pinson, Bryan P. Ferguson, Gyorgy K. Schadt, Aanand Narayanan Pisharathu
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Patent number: 7441186Abstract: A system and method for automatically grouping items, e.g., digital photographs, by analyzing the statistical distributions of at least one piece of information associated with each of the items, for instance, creation time, are provided. In one embodiment, the creation time may be converted into a numeric value and the numeric values placed in ascending order such that gaps between adjacent numeric values may be determined. Subsequently, a median difference may be determined as well as an optimum difference. The items may then be organized into groups such that an additional group is created each time the difference between the numeric value for an item and the numeric value for the adjacent item located therebelow in the ascending array is greater than the optimum difference.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2004Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Tomasz S. M. Kasperkiewicz, Alexander S. Brodie, David R. Parlin, Jingyang Xu, Kathleen M. Frigon, Scott E. Dart, Po Yuan
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Patent number: 7286131Abstract: A system and method for generating an approximation of an arbitrary or user-editable curve. One or more controls associated with a control curve are provided, and a user input related to the alteration of the control curve is received. A method to generate an approximation of the control curve, as altered, is performed. The method defines candidate approximations and selects a plurality of those candidates. The method utilizes characteristics of the selected candidates to create new candidate approximations. Optionally, at least a portion of the method is repeated until a candidate approximation acceptably represents the control curve.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2005Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Alexander S. Brodie, Karthik G. Anbalagan, Samuel T. Williams