Patents by Inventor Brian Reginald Heasman

Brian Reginald Heasman 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).

  • Verbal description
    Patent number: 8839086
    Abstract: A verbal description method and system. A computing system broadcasts first audio data and video data associated with the first audio data. The computing system determines that the video data comprises a graphic without a description in the first audio data. The computing system receives audible description data associated with the graphic. The computing system generates second audio data comprising the first audio data and the audible description data. The computing system synchronizes portions of the second audio data with associated portions of the video data. The computing system generates synchronized audio/video data comprising the portions of said second audio data aligned with the associated portions of said video data. The computing system broadcasts the synchronized audio/video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sara H. Basson, Brian Reginald Heasman, Dimitri Kanevsky, Edward Emile Kelley, Bhuvana Ramabhadran
  • VERBAL DESCRIPTION
    Publication number: 20120188446
    Abstract: A verbal description method and system. A computing system broadcasts first audio data and video data associated with the first audio data. The computing system determines that the video data comprises a graphic without a description in the first audio data. The computing system receives audible description data associated with the graphic. The computing system generates second audio data comprising the first audio data and the audible description data. The computing system synchronizes portions of the second audio data with associated portions of the video data. The computing system generates synchronized audio/video data comprising the portions of said second audio data aligned with the associated portions of said video data. The computing system broadcasts the synchronized audio/video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sara H. Basson, Brian Reginald Heasman, Dimitri Kanevsky, Edward Emile Kelley, Bhuvana Ramabhadran
  • Verbal description method and system
    Patent number: 8219899
    Abstract: A verbal description method and system. A computing system broadcasts first audio data and video data associated with the first audio data. The computing system determines that the video data comprises a graphic without a description in the first audio data. The computing system receives audible description data associated with the graphic. The computing system generates second audio data comprising the first audio data and the audible description data. The computing system synchronizes portions of the second audio data with associated portions of the video data. The computing system generates synchronized audio/video data comprising the portions of said second audio data aligned with the associated portions of said video data. The computing system broadcasts the synchronized audio/video data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sara H. Basson, Brian Reginald Heasman, Dimitri Kanevsky, Edward Emile Kelley, Bhuvana Ramabhadran
  • VERBAL DESCRIPTION METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100073559
    Abstract: A verbal description method and system. A computing system broadcasts first audio data and video data associated with the first audio data. The computing system determines that the video data comprises a graphic without a description in the first audio data. The computing system receives audible description data associated with the graphic. The computing system generates second audio data comprising the first audio data and the audible description data. The computing system synchronizes portions of the second audio data with associated portions of the video data. The computing system generates synchronized audio/video data comprising the portions of said second audio data aligned with the associated portions of said video data. The computing system broadcasts the synchronized audio/video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Sara H. Basson, Brian Reginald Heasman, Dimitri Kanevsky, Edward Emile Kelley, Bhuvana Ramabhadran