Patents by Inventor Bennie Jones

Bennie Jones 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).

  • Patent number: 8244896
    Abstract: Collecting user preference information related to a playing media recording is accomplished by gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from a media player program presenting the playing media recording and determining if tags are embedded in the media recording and gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from the tags embedded in the playing media recording, if the tags exist. Further, determining if a table of contents exists on the media recording and gathering a table of contents for a collection containing the playing media recording by identifying the collection using a concatenation of track lengths identifier generation technique, the table of contents exists. Then assembling the descriptive information into a media recording information packet and sending the media recording information packet to a server computer, resulting in a collection of user preference information related to the playing media recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Emission Limited Liability Company
    Inventors: Mark L. Woodward, E. Oliver Jones, Gene S. Fein, Christopher Harris, Steve S. Sherman, Bennie Jones, Anthony Salotto
  • Patent number: 7844722
    Abstract: Collecting user preference information related to a playing media recording is accomplished by gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from a media player program presenting the playing media recording and determining if tags are embedded in the media recording and gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from the tags embedded in the playing media recording, if the tags exist. Further, determining if a table of contents exists on the media recording and gathering a table of contents for a collection containing the playing media recording by identifying the collection using a concatenation of track lengths identifier generation technique, the table of contents exists. Then assembling the descriptive information into a media recording information packet and sending the media recording information packet to a server computer, resulting in a collection of user preference information related to the playing media recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Inventors: Mark L. Woodward, E. Oliver Jones, Gene S. Fein, Christopher Harris, Steve S. Sherman, Bennie Jones, Anthony Salotto
  • Publication number: 20080147715
    Abstract: Collecting user preference information related to a playing media recording is accomplished by gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from a media player program presenting the playing media recording and determining if tags are embedded in the media recording and gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from the tags embedded in the playing media recording, if the tags exist. Further, determining if a table of contents exists on the media recording and gathering a table of contents for a collection containing the playing media recording by identifying the collection using a concatenation of track lengths identifier generation technique, the table of contents exists. Then assembling the descriptive information into a media recording information packet and sending the media recording information packet to a server computer, resulting in a collection of user preference information related to the playing media recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Mark L. Woodward, E. Oliver Jones, Gene S. Fein, Christopher Harris, Steve S. Sherman, Bennie Jones, Anthony Salotto
  • Publication number: 20060218292
    Abstract: Collecting user preference information related to a playing media recording is accomplished by gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from a media player program presenting the playing media recording and determining if tags are embedded in the media recording and gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from the tags embedded in the playing media recording, if the tags exist. Further, determining if a table of contents exists on the media recording and gathering a table of contents for a collection containing the playing media recording by identifying the collection using a concatenation of track lengths identifier generation technique, the table of contents exists. Then assembling the descriptive information into a media recording information packet and sending the media recording information packet to a server computer, resulting in a collection of user preference information related to the playing media recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Mark Woodward, E. Jones, Gene Fein, Christopher Harris, Steve Sherman, Bennie Jones, Anthony Salotto
  • Patent number: 7085845
    Abstract: Collecting user preference information related to a playing media recording is accomplished by gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from a media player program presenting the playing media recording and determining if tags are embedded in the media recording and gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from the tags embedded in the playing media recording, if the tags exist. Further, determining if a table of contents exists on the media recording and gathering a table of contents for a collection containing the playing media recording by identifying the collection using a concatenation of track lengths identifier generation technique, if the table of contents exists. Then assembling the descriptive information into a media recording information packet and sending the media recording information packet to a server computer, resulting in a collection of user preference information related to the playing media recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Inventors: Mark L. Woodward, E. Oliver Jones, Gene S. Fein, Christopher Harris, Steve S. Sherman, Bennie Jones, Anthony Salotto
  • Publication number: 20030036948
    Abstract: Collecting user preference information related to a playing media recording is accomplished by gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from a media player program presenting the playing media recording and determining if tags are embedded in the media recording and gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from the tags embedded in the playing media recording, if the tags exist. Further, determining if a table of contents exists on the media recording and gathering a table of contents for a collection containing the playing media recording by identifying the collection using a concatenation of track lengths identifier generation technique, the table of contents exists. Then assembling the descriptive information into a media recording information packet and sending the media recording information packet to a server computer, resulting in a collection of user preference information related to the playing media recording.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Mark L. Woodward, E. Oliver Jones, Gene S. Fein, Christopher Harris, Steve S. Sherman, Bennie Jones, Anthony Salotti