Patents by Inventor Anthony Paul Brock

Anthony Paul Brock 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).

  • Database system, particularly for multimedia objects
    Patent number: 8572123
    Abstract: A database system stores data relating to media objects and includes a meta table, a supplementary meta table, a content table, a supplementary content table, each supplementary content data record being linked to a supplementary metadata record and to a content data record. An object type link table links together records in the meta table, and a content data link table links together records in the content data table. An information retrieval system analyzes the tables and provides, for a selected instance of an object, information about that object's attributes and relationships with other objects in a hierarchical form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Knapp Investment Company Limited
    Inventors: Anthony Paul Brock, Max Hoat, Gregory Kenneth Willis
  • Database system, particularly for multimedia objects
    Patent number: 7096226
    Abstract: A database system stores data relating to media objects and includes a meta table, a supplementary meta table, a content table, a supplementary content table, each supplementary content data record being linked to a supplementary metadata record and to a content data record. An object type link table links together records in the meta table, and a content data link table links together records in the content data table. An information retrieval system analyzes the tables and provides, for a selected instance of an object, information about that object's attributes and relationships with other objects in a hierarchical form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: MCI, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony Paul Brock, Maxime Gaëtan Geoffrey Haot, Gregory Kenneth Willis
  • Database system, particularly for multimedia objects
    Publication number: 20040078353
    Abstract: A database system stores data relating to media objects for use in media presentations. The database system includes a primary metadata table containing metadata records and a supplementary metadata table containing supplementary metadata records, each supplementary metadata record being linked to a metadata record and specifying an additional attribute for an object type specified in the linked metadata record. The database further includes a primary content data table containing content data records and a supplementary content data table containing supplementary content data records, each supplementary content data record being linked to a supplementary metadata record and to a content data record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Anthony Paul Brock, Max Haot, Gregory Kenneth Willis