Patents by Inventor Anton Phillip Sohn

Anton Phillip Sohn 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).

  • Dynamic Mobile CD Music Attributes Database
    Publication number: 20090028009
    Abstract: Technology related to CD (compact disc) players are described. In one instance, a handheld CD player includes a CD drive to receive a CD and to determine a CD identification from the CD and a media slot to receive a portable memory card having a database. The handheld CD player also includes an attributes access module configured to retrieve music attributes from the database associated with the CD identification and to store the CD identification in the database if the CD identification is not already in the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Johnson, William A. Spencer, Anton Phillip Sohn
  • Dynamic mobile CD music attributes database
    Patent number: 7412459
    Abstract: Handheld CD (compact disc) players are described. In one instance, a handheld CD player includes a CD drive to receive a CD and to determine a CD identification from the CD and a media slot to receive a portable memory card having a database. The handheld CD player also includes an attributes access module configured to retrieve music attributes from the database associated with the CD identification and to store the CD identification in the database if the CD identification is not already in the database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Johnson, William A. Spencer, Anton Phillip Sohn