Patents by Inventor Ann E. Chapman

Ann E. Chapman 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).

  • Control-based Content Pricing
    Publication number: 20120066703
    Abstract: In an implementation of control-based content pricing, a content server distributes media content to a client device in response to a request from the client device to receive the media content. A valuation application allocates a cost to the client device when the media content is distributed to the client device. The content server receives a view control input from the client device that indicates how the media content is to be rendered and the valuation application adjusts the cost according to the view control input and how the media content is to be rendered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Thomas Scott, III, Kevin T. Carle, Ann E. Chapman
  • Control-based content pricing
    Patent number: 8065696
    Abstract: In an implementation of control-based content pricing, a content server distributes media content to a client device in response to a request from the client device to receive the media content. A valuation application allocates a cost to the client device when the media content is distributed to the client device. The content server receives a view control input from the client device that indicates how the media content is to be rendered and the valuation application adjusts the cost according to the view control input and how the media content is to be rendered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Thomas Scott, III, Kevin T. Carle, Ann E. Chapman