Patents by Inventor Brian Michael Landry

Brian Michael Landry 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).

  • Method and apparatus for automatic multimedia narrative enrichment
    Patent number: 7818329
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed that receives an input narrative in a particular media format, and produces therefrom a multimedia enriched version of the input narrative. In one embodiment, a method is provided for enriching an input narrative with multimedia content, wherein the method includes the step of selectively segmenting the input narrative to form queries pertaining to different portions or elements of the input narrative. The method further comprises retrieving multimedia artifacts from one or more multimedia repositories, wherein each retrieved multimedia artifact is associated with one of the queries, and selecting a subset of the retrieved multimedia artifacts, wherein the subset includes artifacts comprising different types of multimedia content. The input narrative is then combined with respective multimedia artifacts of the subset, in order to provide an enriched and enhanced narrative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Murray S. Campbell, Shahram Ebadollahi, Matthew L. Hill, Brian Michael Landry, Chung-Sheng Li, Apostol Ivanov Natsev, Milind R. Naphade, John R. Smith, Jelena Tesic, Lexing Xie
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC MULTIMEDIA NARRATIVE ENRICHMENT
    Publication number: 20080306925
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed that receives an input narrative in a particular media format, and produces therefrom a multimedia enriched version of the input narrative. In one embodiment, a method is provided for enriching an input narrative with multimedia content, wherein the method includes the step of selectively segmenting the input narrative to form queries pertaining to different portions or elements of the input narrative. The method further comprises retrieving multimedia artifacts from one or more multimedia repositories, wherein each retrieved multimedia artifact is associated with one of the queries, and selecting a subset of the retrieved multimedia artifacts, wherein the subset includes artifacts comprising different types of multimedia content. The input narrative is then combined with respective multimedia artifacts of the subset, in order to provide an enriched and enhanced narrative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Murray S. Campbell, Shahram Ebadollahi, Matthew L. Hill, Brian Michael Landry, Chung-Sheng Li, Apostol Ivanov Natsev, Milind R. Naphade, John R. Smith, Jelena Tesic, Lexing Xie