Patents by Inventor C. Wesley Wahlin

C. Wesley Wahlin 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).

  • Providing previews of seek locations in media content
    Patent number: 8849101
    Abstract: Providing previews of seek locations in digital media is disclosed. While playback of the media content is progressing as normal a snapshot such as a thumbnail is displayed to show the user a representation of the media content that is associated with a seek location. The functionality of a transport key may be temporarily modified. The temporary modification allows the user to seek to a desired location very accurately and may result in fewer input keys being selected. Moreover, because the modification is temporary a great deal of flexibility is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Rosser, C. Wesley Wahlin, Jennifer Roth, Timothy Zobel
  • CONTROLLING PLAYBACK OF MEDIA CONTENT
    Publication number: 20100251121
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed herein for controlling playback of digital media. In one aspect, while playback of the media content is progressing as normal a snapshot such as a thumbnail is displayed to show the user a representation of the media content that is associated with a seek location. In another aspect, the functionality of a transport key is temporarily modified. The temporary modification allows the user to seek to a desired location very accurately and may result in fewer input keys being selected. Moreover, because the modification is temporary a great deal of flexibility is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Rosser, C. Wesley Wahlin, Jennifer Roth, Timothy Zobel