Patents by Inventor Chad C. Gibson

Chad C. Gibson 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: 11176222
    Abstract: Persistent media playback techniques are described. In an implementation, a media player is served via a network for display by a browser of a device. Web pages are served via the network for display by the browser of the device. Each of the web pages is configured for integration with the media player so that the media player is persistently displayed by the browser during navigation among the web pages. The media player may be configured to play media files providing a variety of different media types. The media player may also provide contextual suggestions of media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chad C. Gibson, Sara Tahir, Christopher A. Evans, Marcus E. Pina, Richard L. Mains
  • Publication number: 20200183990
    Abstract: Persistent media playback techniques are described. In an implementation, a media player is served via a network for display by a browser of a device. Web pages are served via the network for display by the browser of the device. Each of the web pages is configured for integration with the media player so that the media player is persistently displayed by the browser during navigation among the web pages. The media player may be configured to play media files providing a variety of different media types. The media player may also provide contextual suggestions of media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chad C. Gibson, Sara Tahir, Christopher A. Evans, Marcus E. Pina, Richard L. Mains
  • Patent number: 10572567
    Abstract: Persistent media playback techniques are described. In an implementation, a media player is served via a network for display by a browser of a device. Web pages are served via the network for display by the browser of the device. Each of the web pages is configured for integration with the media player so that the media player is persistently displayed by the browser during navigation among the web pages. The media player may be configured to play media files providing a variety of different media types. The media player may also provide contextual suggestions of media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Chad C. Gibson, Sara Tahir, Christopher A. Evans, Marcus E. Pina, Richard L. Mains
  • Publication number: 20170277704
    Abstract: Persistent media playback techniques are described. In an implementation, a media player is served via a network for display by a browser of a device. Web pages are served via the network for display by the browser of the device. Each of the web pages is configured for integration with the media player so that the media player is persistently displayed by the browser during navigation among the web pages. The media player may be configured to play media files providing a variety of different media types. The media player may also provide contextual suggestions of media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chad C. Gibson, Sara Tahir, Christopher A. Evans, Marcus E. Pina, Richard L. Mains
  • Patent number: 9690866
    Abstract: Persistent media playback techniques are described. In an implementation, a media player is served via a network for display by a browser of a device. Web pages are served via the network for display by the browser of the device. Each of the web pages is configured for integration with the media player so that the media player is persistently displayed by the browser during navigation among the web pages. The media player may be configured to play media files providing a variety of different media types. The media player may also provide contextual suggestions of media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Chad C. Gibson, Sara Tahir, Christopher A. Evans, Marcus E. Pina, Richard L. Mains
  • Patent number: 9460092
    Abstract: A media asset recommendation service is described. In embodiments, friends of a user are identified in a social graph that is associated with the user, and interactions with media assets by the friends of the user are compiled. Friend interaction data for each of the media assets can be determined from the media assets, the social graph, and the interactions with the media assets by the friends of the user. When a selection of one of the media assets is received from the user via a user device, the friend interaction data that is associated with the media asset selected by the user is communicated to the user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shawn M. Murphy, Christopher B. Weare, Christopher A. Evans, Chad C. Gibson
  • Patent number: 8849816
    Abstract: Personalized media charts are described. In embodiments, a request can be received for a personalized media chart that lists media assets as recommendations in a relevant order for a user. The media assets are initially ordered in the personalized media chart according to a chart rank for each media asset. A relevance factor is then determined for each of the media assets, where the relevance factor for a media asset indicates a relevance of the media asset to the user. A chart rank adjustment is calculated for each of the media assets based on the relevance factors for each of the media assets, and the media assets are then reordered in the personalized media chart according to the chart rank adjustments for each of the media assets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Burba, Ismet E. Kahraman, Ivan P. Trindev, Zerelina R. Mukherjee, Chad C. Gibson, Thomas C. Butcher
  • Publication number: 20110314416
    Abstract: Collected media content data is described. In embodiments, browsing inputs are received from a client device when a user interacts with the client device to browse media content available via the Internet. Media content data associated with the media content that is displayed for viewing at the client device can be collected, and media items that are associated with the media content data can be determined. Identifiers of the media items that are correlated with the user can be stored, and the identifiers of the media items then communicated to a media content playback device that is associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chad C. Gibson, Geir O. Martinsen
  • Publication number: 20110314030
    Abstract: Personalized media charts are described. In embodiments, a request can be received for a personalized media chart that lists media assets as recommendations in a relevant order for a user. The media assets are initially ordered in the personalized media chart according to a chart rank for each media asset. A relevance factor is then determined for each of the media assets, where the relevance factor for a media asset indicates a relevance of the media asset to the user. A chart rank adjustment is calculated for each of the media assets based on the relevance factors for each of the media assets, and the media assets are then reordered in the personalized media chart according to the chart rank adjustments for each of the media assets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Alexander Burba, Ismet E. Kahraman, Ivan P. Trindev, Zerelina R. Mukherjee, Chad C. Gibson, Thomas C. Butcher
  • Publication number: 20110082861
    Abstract: Media asset usage by geographic region is described. In embodiments, media asset interaction data is received from user devices, where the media asset interaction data corresponds to a media asset and identifies the media asset when recently played at any of the user devices. Geographic location data that corresponds to each of the user devices is also received. The geographic location data and the media asset interaction data that corresponds to the media asset are aggregated, and a geographic density map is generated as a visual indication of aggregated locations and interactions with the media asset in a geographic region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chad C. Gibson, Danyel A. Fisher
  • Patent number: 7858867
    Abstract: Relating higher-level descriptive musical metadata to lower-level musical elements to enable creation of a song map, song model, backing track, or the like. The musical elements are queried based on input metadata to create a set of musical elements of varying types such as notes, chords, song structures, and the like. The set of musical elements is provided to a user for selection of particular musical elements The selected musical elements represent the song model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Adil Ahmed Sherwani, Chad C. Gibson, Sumit Basu
  • Publication number: 20100325549
    Abstract: Persistent media playback techniques are described. In an implementation, a media player is served via a network for display by a browser of a device. Web pages are served via the network for display by the browser of the device. Each of the web pages is configured for integration with the media player so that the media player is persistently displayed by the browser during navigation among the web pages. The media player may be configured to play media files providing a variety of different media types. The media player may also provide contextual suggestions of media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chad C. Gibson, Sara Tahir, Christopher A. Evans, Marcus E. Pina, Richard L. Mains
  • Publication number: 20100324704
    Abstract: A social graph playlist service is described. In embodiments, a social graph that associates a user and friends of the user is maintained. The social graph is based on parameters that define a social relationship between the user and the friends of the user. Interaction data that identifies recently played media assets at user devices that are utilized by the friends of the user can be received. A social graph playlist that is associated with the user can be generated by determining a next media asset for the playlist from the recently played media assets. The next media asset for the playlist can then be communicated to be played at a user device that is associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shawn M. Murphy, Christopher B. Weare, Christopher A. Evans, Chad C. Gibson
  • Publication number: 20100325205
    Abstract: An event recommendation service is described. In embodiments, selection data that correlates to media content selected by a user, location data that corresponds to a location of the user, and event data is received. A recommendation for an event that the user is likely to attend and that is proximate the location of the user can be generated by aggregating the selection data, the location data, and the event data. The recommendation can then be communicated to a user device as a calendar entry, an email message, a text message, and/or an html page for display to inform the user of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shawn M. Murphy, Scott Jensen, Christopher B. Weare, Christopher A. Evans, Chad C. Gibson
  • Publication number: 20100318919
    Abstract: A media asset recommendation service is described. In embodiments, friends of a user are identified in a social graph that is associated with the user, and interactions with media assets by the friends of the user are compiled. Friend interaction data for each of the media assets can be determined from the media assets, the social graph, and the interactions with the media assets by the friends of the user. When a selection of one of the media assets is received from the user via a user device, the friend interaction data that is associated with the media asset selected by the user is communicated to the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn M. Murphy, Christopher B. Weare, Christopher A. Evans, Chad C. Gibson